Using small populations of wolves for ecosystem restoration and stewardship

BioScience

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Licht, Daniel S ^a   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^b   Kunkel, Kyran E ^c   Kochanny, Christopher O ^d   Peterson, Rolf O ^e  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^d SirTrack   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Ecosystem restoration; Natural areas; Parks; Stewardship

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77249108406     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2010.60.2.9     Document Type: Article

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