Abiotic, bottom-up, and top-down influences on recruitment of Rocky Mountain elk in Oregon: A retrospective analysis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-116

  Johnson, Bruce K ^a   Coe, Priscilla K ^a   Green, Richard L ^a  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

Author keywords

abiotic; bottom up; Cervus elaphus; density dependence; elk; oregon; predation; pregnancy; recruitment; top down

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; DEER; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREGNANCY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); TOP-DOWN APPROACH; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84872065375     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.427     Document Type: Article

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