Estimated Age Structure of Wolves in Northeastern Minnesota
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Estimated Age Structure of Wolves in Northeastern Minnesota
Information about population age structures is useful to understand survival rates, longevity, and population turnover. However, little such information is available about wolf (Canis lupus) populations. Mech (1970) estimated age structures of wolf-population age structure from pup:adult ratios applying various demographic assumptions, but no direct information has been published to test his es...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Wildlife Management
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0022-541X,1937-2817
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541x(2006)70[1481:easowi]2.0.co;2