Variations in elk aggregation patterns across a range of elk population sizes at Wall Creek, Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 847-856

  Proffitt, Kelly M ^a   Gude, Justin A ^a   Shamhart, Julee ^a   King, Fred ^a  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Brucella abortus; brucellosis; Cervus elaphus; elk; Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem; group size

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BRUCELLOSIS; CANID; DATA SET; DEER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUP SIZE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION SIZE; STAKEHOLDER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREATER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM; MONTANA; UNITED STATES; WALL CREEK;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; CANIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 84860180063     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.310     Document Type: Article

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