Sources and patterns of wolverine mortality in Western Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2213-2220

  Squires, John R ^a   Copeland, Jeffrey P ^a   Ulizio, Todd J ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^a   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulo gulo; Harvest management; Known fate modeling; Montana; Mortality; Program MARK; Survival rates; Trapping; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; GLACIER; MODELING; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGIUM; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; PIONEER MOUNTAIN; UNITED STATES;

GULO GULO;

EID: 48249111337     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-053     Document Type: Article

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