Yellowstone Wolves and the Forces That Structure Natural Systems

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Dobson, Andy P ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GRIZZLY BEAR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RED DEER; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; TROPHIC LEVEL; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION; WOLF; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WYOMING;

CANIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WOLVES; WYOMING;

EID: 84924053645     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002025     Document Type: Article

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