Wolves, roads, and highway development

Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States: An Endangered Species Success Story

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 217-232

  Kohn, Bruce E ^a   Anderson, Eric M ^b   Thiel, Richard P ^c  

^a WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^c Department of Natural Resources ^*  (United States)

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EID: 79958775788     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85952-1_14     Document Type: Chapter

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