Detecting short-term responses to weekend recreation activity: Desert bighorn sheep avoidance of hiking trails

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 698-706

  Longshore, Kathleen ^a   Thompson, Daniel B ^b  

^a Biological Resources Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Desert bighorn sheep; Logistic regression; National parks; Ovis canadensis nelsoni; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SLOPE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899110987     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.349     Document Type: Article

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