Range-wide analysis of eastern massasauga survivorship

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1576-1586

  Jones, Peter C ^a   King, Richard B ^a   Bailey, Robyn L ^b   Bieser, Nickolas D ^c   Bissell, Kristin ^b,r   Campa III, Henry ^b   Crabill, Trisha ^d   Cross, Matthew D ^e   Degregorio, Brett A ^c   Dreslik, Michael J ^f   Durbian, Francis E ^g,s   Harvey, Daniel S ^h   Hecht, Scott E ^c,t   Jellen, Benjamin C ⁱ   Johnson, Glenn ^j,u   Kingsbury, Bruce A ^c   Kowalski, Matthew J ^k   Lee, James ^l   Manning, Jennifer V ^c   Moore, Jennifer A ^b   Oakes, Julie ^m   Phillips, Christopher A ^f   Prior, Kent A ⁿ   Refsnider, Jeanine M ^c,v   Rouse, Jeremy D ^o   Sage, Joseph R ^c   Seigel, Richard A ^p   Shepard, Donald B ^f,w   Smith, Chad S ^c,x   Vandewalle, Terry J ^q   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^h   Yagi, Anne ^o   more..

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^d Ecological Services   (United States)

^e CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^g Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

ⁱ MCKENDREE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^k Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program   (United States)

^l THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^m MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

ⁿ PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^o ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^p TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^r Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^s J Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^t Department of Natural Resources ^*  (Canada)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^v IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^x Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

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Author keywords

eastern massasauga; Great Lakes; radiotelemetry; rattlesnake; Sistrurus catenatus catenatus; survival rate

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SNAKE; SURVIVORSHIP; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84867800588     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.418     Document Type: Article

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