Disease and predation: sorting out causes of a bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) decline.

Estimating survival and documenting causes and timing of mortality events in neonate bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) improves understanding of population ecology and factors influencing recruitment. During 2010-2012, we captured and radiocollared 74 neonates in the Black Hills, South Dakota, of whic...

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Main Authors: Joshua B Smith, Jonathan A Jenks, Troy W Grovenburg, Robert W Klaver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3917862?pdf=render