Responses of desert bighorn sheep to removal of water sources

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 171, 2008, Pages 1-32

  Cain, James W ^a,c   Krausman, Paul R ^a,d   Morgart, John R ^b,e   Jansen, Brian D ^a,f   Pepper, Martin P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bighorn sheep; Foraging; Home range; Mortality; Ovis canadensis mexicana; Recruitment; Sonoran desert; Water catchment

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS MEXICANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 65249171409     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-209     Document Type: Article

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