Survival and cause-specific mortality of female Rocky Mountain elk exposed to human activity

Population Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 483-493

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

^a Hayden Wing Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Colorado; Extent of space use; Forest cover; Human footprint; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEMALE; FOREST COVER; GPS; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 79958128539     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-010-0258-x     Document Type: Article

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