Effects of harvest, culture, and climate on trends in size of horn-like structures in trophy ungulates

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 183, 2013, Pages 1-28

  Monteith, Kevin L ^a,e   Long, Ryan A ^a   Bleich, Vernon C ^a,b   Heffelfinger, James R ^c   Krausman, Paul R ^d   Bowyer, R Terry ^d  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

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

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

antlers; Artiodactyla; Bovidae; Cervidae; climate; exploitation; horns; North America; selective harvest; trophy hunting

Indexed keywords

ANTILOCAPRA AMERICANA; ANTILOCAPRIDAE; ARTIODACTYLA; BISON BISON BISON; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84873138665     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/wmon.1007     Document Type: Article

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