Calf mortality and population growth in the Delta caribou herd after wolf control

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 746-756

  Valkenburg, Patrick ^a,c,d,e   McNay, Mark E ^a,b,c   Dale, Bruce W ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Wildlife Society   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^e Palmer Research Center   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^g ADF and G ^*  (United States)

^h MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aquila chrysaetos; Calf mortality; Canis lupus; Caribou; Golden eagle; Grizzly bear; Predator prey relationships; Rangifer tarandus; Ursus arctos; Wolf; Wolf control

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; UNGULATE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CICONIIFORMES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 7544251738     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0746:CMAPGI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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