Elk calf survival and mortality following wolf restoration to Yellowstone National Park

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 169, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Barber Meyer, Shannon M ^a,d   Mech, L David ^b   White, P J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cervus elaphus; Elk; Gamma globulins; Mortality; Predation; Ursus americanus; Ursus arctos; Wolf; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVINAE; BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; BOVINE VIRAL DIARRHEA VIRUS 1; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; HUMAN PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PUMA CONCOLOR; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 43949114201     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-004     Document Type: Review

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