Changes in elk resource selection and distributions associated with a late-season elk hunt

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 210-218

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a,b   Grigg, Jamin L ^a,c   Garrott, Robert A ^a   Hamlin, Kenneth L ^b   Cunningham, Julie ^b   Gude, Justin A ^b   Jourdonnais, Craig ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^c Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Elk; Greater Yellowstone Area; Human impacts; Hunting effects; Predatorprey; Resource selection; Winter range

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEER; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GPS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HUNTING; PREDATION RISK; RANCHING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; POACEAE;

EID: 76349123405     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-593     Document Type: Article

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