Chapter 16 Wolf Prey Selection in an Elk-Bison System. Choice or Circumstance?

Terrestrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 305-337

  Becker, Matthew S ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^a   White, P J ^b   Gower, Claire N ^a   Bergman, Eric J ^a   Jaffe, Rosemary ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISON; BISON BISON; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 55749091412     PISSN: 19367961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-7961(08)00216-9     Document Type: Review

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