Is wildlife going to the dogs? Impacts of feral and free-roaming dogs on wildlife populations

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Young, Julie K ^a   Olson, Kirk A ^b   Reading, Richard P ^c   Amgalanbaatar, Sukh ^d   Berger, Joel ^e,f  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Denver Zoological Foundation   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f Wildlife Conservation Society in Missoula   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis familiaris; endangered species; global threats; population ecology

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 79951569706     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.2.7     Document Type: Article

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