Validation of a demographic model for woodland caribou

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1508-1512

  Sleep, Darren J H ^a   Loehle, Craig ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

disturbance; model validation; population growth rate; Rangifer tarandus; woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 77956211939     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-474     Document Type: Article

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