Disease, population viability, and recovery of endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1753-1766

  Cahn, Maya L ^a,e   Conner, Mary M ^b   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a   Stephenson, Thomas R ^b   Wehausen, John D ^c   Johnson, Heather E ^d  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c Visit Scho Dept Integrat Biol   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

California; disease; domestic sheep; endangered species management; Ovis canadensis sierrae; recovery plan; Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep; Sierra Nevada mountains; stochastic population projection model

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RECOVERY PLAN; SHEEP; STOCHASTICITY;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 80054991138     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.232     Document Type: Article

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