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Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council 8 – 1992 – Cody, Wyoming

Page	Table of Contents
	Populations and Management
1	Effective population sizes for bighorn sheep Nancy N. FitzSimmons and Steven W. Buskirk
8	Why is Montana the land of giant rams? Duncan Gilchrist
14	Bighorn sheep movements and summer lamb mortality in central Idaho James J. and Holly A. Akenson
28	Trophy hunting of Dall sheep in Alaska; an evaluation of the biological implication Francis J. Singer and Lyman Nichols
49	Managing bighorn habitat from a landscape perspective James A. Bailey
58	Management implications of an intensive study of winter foraging ecology of bighorn sheep Nike J. Goodson and David R. Stevens
68	Status of mountain sheep in Morgan Creek, east-central Idaho Gina L. Karasek, Michael D. Scott and James M. Peek
83	Population dynamics, seasonal distribution and movement patterns of the Laramie Peak bighorn sheep herd Daniel A. Hengel, Stanley H. Anderson and William G. Hepworth
97	Decline and habitat abandonment by bighorn sheep on Battlement Mesa, Colorado, 1906-1990 Mary L. Cunningham and James A. Bailey
111	Critique of carrying capacity concepts concerning Dall Sheep Wayne E. Heimer
121	Determining the future of bighorn herds in wilderness areas James A. Bailey and Melanie M. Woolever
	Bighorn Diseases
136	Effect of pneumonia on population size and lamb recruitment in Whiskey Mountain bighorn sheep Thomas J. Ryder, Elizabeth S. Williams, Kenneth W. Mills, K. H. Bowles and E. Tom Thorne
147	*Lamb survival and herd status of the Lostine bighorn herd following a Pasteurella* die-off** Victor L. Coggins
155	*Failure of an experimental Pasteurella haemolytica* vaccine to prevent respiratory disease and death in bighorn sheep after exposure to domestic sheep** William J. Foreyt
164	Naturally occurring pneumonia in caesarian-derived Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep lambs Alton C. S. Ward, David L. Hunter, Martha D. Jaworski, V. Michael Lane, Jerry L. Zaugg, and Marie S. Bulgin
174	Theoretical concepts of disease versus nutrition as primary factors in population regulation of wild sheep Mike R. Dunbar
193	Pharyngeal microflora of Dall and domestic sheep in Alaska: management implications Wayne E. Heimer, Randall L. Zarnke and Francis J. Mauer
202	Gastrointestinal parasites of bighorn sheep in western Montana and their relationship to herd health David E. Worley and Floyd M. Seesee
213	*Experimental contact association between bighorn sheep, elk and deer with known Pasteurella haemolytica* infections** William J. Foreyt
	Management and Research Techniques
219	Seasonal changes in lamb:ewe ratios Jon T. Jorgenson
227	Use of age ratios to predict bighorn sheep population dynamics Marco Festa-Bianchet
237	Estimation of Dall sheep numbers in the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve Dale Strickland, Lyman L. McDonald, Dale Taylor, Kurt Jenkins, and John Kern
256	Preliminary tests of a mountain sheep habitat model using a geographic information system Vernon C. Bleich, Matthew C. Nicholson, Amanda T. Lombard, and Peter V. August
	Habitat Relations
264	Foraging behavior and vegetation responses to prescribed burning on bighorn sheep winter range Doug McWhirter, Scott Smith, Evelyn Merrill, and Larry Irwin
279	The role of precipitation and temperature in the winter range diet quality of mountain sheep of the Mount Baxter herd, Sierra Nevada John D. Wehausen
	Mountain Goats
293	Preliminary observations of timing and causes of mountain goat kid mortality in west-central Alberta Kirby G. Smith, Martin A. Urquhart, and Marco Festa-Bianchet
305	Winter habitat selection by mountain goats in the north-central Cascades Brian A. Gilbert and Kenneth J. Raedeke
325	Mountain goat habitat of Wyoming’s Beartooth Plateau: implications for management Lisa A. Haynes
340	Population dynamics and behavior of mountain goats using Elliott Ridge, Gore Range, Colorado Anne Hopkins, James P. Fitzgerald, Alex Chappell, and Gene Byrne
357	Social dominance and its influence on the foraging efficiency of the mountain goat: a preliminary report Francois Fournier
	Poster Session Abstracts
372	Mitochondrial DNA variation and genetic population structure in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Gordon Luikart
373	Modelling Dall sheep habitat in the northern Yukon Manon Desforges and Jean Carey
374	Population dynamics of bighorn sheep using reclaimed habitat in open pit coal mines in west-central Alberta Beth MacCallum
375	Spinster bighorn ewe groups in the Arkansas River Canyon, Canon City, Colorado Dale F. Reed, Michael W. Miller, and Jack Vayhinger
382	Guidelines of the Northern Wild Sheep and Goat Council

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