Invading white-tailed deer change wolf-caribou dynamics in northeastern Alberta

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 204-212

  Latham, A David M ^a   Latham, M Cecilia ^a   McCutchen, Nicole A ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

anthropogenic disturbance; boreal forest; incidental predation; northeastern Alberta; shared predator; spatial overlap; white tailed deer; wolf caribou dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOREAL FOREST; CANID; DEER; DIETARY OVERLAP; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

ALCES ALCES; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA;

EID: 79951895167     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.28     Document Type: Article

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