Assessing impacts of traffic on large mammals in Denali National Park and Preserve

Park Science

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-

  Phillips, Laura M ^a   Mace, Richard ^b   Meier, Thomas ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks ^*  (United States)

^c Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Dall's sheep; Denali National Park and Preserve; Global positioning system (GPS); Grizzly bear; Movement; Roads; Traffic; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; OVIS DALLI; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 78649567724     PISSN: 07359462     EISSN: 10909966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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