Carrying capacity, migration, and dispersal in Yellowstone bison

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2377-2387

  Plumb, Glenn E ^a   White, P J ^a   Coughenour, Michael B ^b   Wallen, Rick L ^a  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Brucellosis; Carrying capacity; Conservation; Dispersal; Migration; Yellowstone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRUCELLOSIS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; GENETIC VARIATION; MIGRATION; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE;

BISON;

EID: 69249221286     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.019     Document Type: Review

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