Relative influence of human harvest, carnivores, and weather on adult female elk survival across western North America

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 295-305

  Brodie, Jedediah ^a   Johnson, Heather ^b   Mitchell, Michael ^a   Zager, Peter ^c   Proffitt, Kelly ^d   Hebblewhite, Mark ^e   Kauffman, Matthew ^f   Johnson, Bruce ^g   Bissonette, John ^h   Bishop, Chad ^b   Gude, Justin ^d   Herbert, Jeff ^d   Hersey, Kent ⁱ   Hurley, Mark ^c,e   Lukacs, Paul M ^e   Mccorquodale, Scott ^j   Mcintire, Eliot ^k,n   Nowak, Josh ^k   Sawyer, Hall ^l   Smith, Douglas ^m   White, P J ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Colorado Parks and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

^c IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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

^h UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^j WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^l WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^m YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

ⁿ NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

Additive mortality; Cervus elaphus; Climate change; Compensatory mortality; Harvest; Predation; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FEMALE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATION RISK; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

NORTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNGULATA;

EID: 84875642263     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12044     Document Type: Article

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