Do irrigation and predator control reduce the productivity of migratory ungulate herds?

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1264-1270

  Wilmers, Christopher C ^a   Levi, Taal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GRASS; HABITAT RESTORATION; IRRIGATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; UNGULATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

UNGULATA;

EID: 84879564334     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0499.1     Document Type: Article

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