Prioritizing conservation of ungulate calving resources in multiple-use landscapes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dzialak, Matthew R ^a   Harju, Seth M ^a   Osborn, Robert G ^a   Wondzell, John J ^a   Hayden Wing, Larry D ^a   Winstead, Jeffrey B ^a   Webb, Stephen L ^a  

^a Hayden Wing Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATURAL GAS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BREEDING METHOD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREDICTION; RED DEER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79251530179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014597     Document Type: Article

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