Assessing Survival and Mortality of Bighorn Sheep in Badlands National Park
Assessing Survival and Mortality of Bighorn Sheep in Badlands National Park. Research Permit and Reporting System
Objectives: 1) Sample bighorn sheep to estimate prevalence of Pasteurellacae bacteria and Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and to survey for the presence of other potentially infectious diseases. 2) Monitor bighorn sheep marked with radio-telemetry collars with mortality chips to identify cause-specific mortality rates. 3) Capture and collar lamb bighorn sheep to determine disease prevalence and cause-specific mortality as well as accurately estimate yearly recruitment rates. 4) Assess the risk of res
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- Unpublished Report
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- Research Permit and Reporting System
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- BADL