Planning for population viability on Northern Great Plains national grasslands

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 986-999

  Samson, Fred B ^a,k,l,m   Knopf, Fritz L ^b,l,n,o,p   McCarthy, Clinton W ^a,q,r,s   Noon, Barry R ^c,s,t,u,v   Ostlie, Wayne R ^d,w,x   Rinehart, Susan M ^{a,y,z,aa,ab,ac}   Larson, Scott ^e,ad   Plumb, Glenn E ^{f,g,z,aa,ae,af}   Schenbeck, Gregory L ^h,v,ag,ah   Svingen, Daniel N ^i,z,ai   Byer, Timothy W ^j,z  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^e U States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^f Badlands National Park   (United States)

^g YELLOWSTONE CENTER FOR RESOURCES   (United States)

^h US Forest Service   (United States)

ⁱ United States Forest Service   (United States)

^j United States Forest Service   (United States)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

^o National Biological Survey   (United States)

^p OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q Forest Service   (United States)

^r State University of New York ^*

^s HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^t PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^u STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^v Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^w Great Plains Program

^x UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^ab Forest Serv Deerlodge Natl Forest   (United States)

^ac Little Missouri National Grasslands   (United States)

^ad SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ae WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ag CHADRON STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^ah Nebraska Game and Parks Commission   (United States)

^ai NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biological diversity; Conservation planning; Ecological processes; Grasslands; Management; Population viability; Prairie

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9144257817     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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