Chapter 22 Elk Nutrition after Wolf Recolonization of Central Yellowstone

Terrestrial Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 477-488

  White, P J ^a   Garrott, Robert A ^b   Borkowski, John J ^b   Hamlin, Kenneth L ^c   Berardinelli, James G ^b  

^a YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 56049120371     PISSN: 19367961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1936-7961(08)00222-4     Document Type: Review

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