Meta-analysis of relationships between human offtake, total mortality and population dynamics of gray wolves (Canis lupus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Creel, Scott ^a   Rotella, Jay J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LAW; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; IDAHO; MONTANA; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLVES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 77958532455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012918     Document Type: Article

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