Surface mining and ecology of desert bighorn sheep

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 430-438

  Jansen, Brian D ^a,c   Krausman, Paul R ^a,d   Bristow, Kirby D ^b   Heffelfinger, James R ^b   Devos Jr , James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; PIMA;

EID: 72549117658     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/TAL-01.1     Document Type: Article

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