Assessment of the sustainability of wolverine harvest in British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2193-2200

  Lofroth, Eric C ^a   Ott, Peter K ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Gulo gulo; Harvest management; Hunting; Trapping; Wolverines

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; HARVESTING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAPPING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

GULO GULO;

EID: 48249105821     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-095     Document Type: Article

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