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Wolves

Wolf pack territory dynamics, dispersal, and response to harvest on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge 1982-1993. (Jozwiak, 1997, M.S., Colorado State Univ.)(pdf)

Exposure of wolves to canine parvovirus and distemper on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Bailey et al., 1995, in Ecology and conservation of wolves in a changing world, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Publ. No. 35)(pdf)

The apparent extirpation and reappearance of wolves on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Peterson and Woolington , 1982, in Wolves of the world, Noyes Publ.).

Wolves of the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska . (Peterson et al., 1984, Wildlife Monographs No. 88)(pdf)

Wolf management and harvest patterns on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska (Peterson et al., 1983, in Wolves in Canada and Alaska, Canadian Wildlife Service Report Series No. 45) (pdf)

Lynx

Lynx and coyote diet and habitat relationships during a low hare population on the Kenai Peninsula (Staples, 1995, M.S., Univ. of Alaska -Fairbanks) (pdf)

Lynx home range and spatial organization in relation to population density and prey abundance (Kesterson, 1988, M.S., Univ. of Alaska - Fairbanks)

An apparent overexploited lynx population on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Bailey et al., 1986, Journal Wildlife Management 50:279-290) (pdf)

Marten

Mitochondrial Phylogeography and Conservation Genetics of Wolverine (Gulo gulo) of Norhtwestern North America. Journal of Mammology. (Tomasik, E. and J.A. Cook. 2005. 86(2):386-396) (pdf)

Ecological factors affecting marten distribution on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Bailey et al., 1991, Biology and Management of Martens and Fishers: A symposium)(pdf)

Brown Bear

Analysis of Cumulative Effects on brown bears on the Kenai Peninsula, Southcentral Alaska (Suring et al. 1998, Int. Conf. Bear Res. And Manage.) (pdf)

An initial population analysis and management strategy of Kenai Peninsula brown bears. (Jacobs, 1989, M.S., West Virginia Univ.)(pdf)

Black Bear

Interrelationship of black bears to moose and forest succession in the northern coniferous forest. (Schwartz and Franzmann, 1991, Wildl. Monogr. 113)(pdf)

Moose

Survival rates of adult female moose on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (Bangs et al., 1989, J. Wildl Manage. 53:557-563)(pdf)

Habitat differences and moose use of two large burns on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Bangs et al. 1985, Alces 21:17-35)(pdf)

Bull moose behavior and movements in relation to harvest on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Bangs et al. 1984, Alces 20:187-207)(pdf)

Moose calving areas and use on the Kenai National Moose Range, Alaska. (Bailey and Bangs, 1980, Proc. N. Amer. Moose Conference and Workshop. 16:289-313)

Interrelationships of weather, fire, and moose on the Kenai National Moose Range. (Bangs and Bailey, 1980, Proc. N. Amer. Moose Conf. and Workshop. 16: 255-274)

Moose populations on the Kenai National Moose Range, Alaska. (Bailey, 1978, Proc. N. Amer. Moose Conf. And Workshop. 14: 1-20.)

Caribou

Alpine vegetation of areas utilized by introduced populations of caribou (Rangifer tarandus) on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Paez, 1991, M.S., Univ. Of Wisconsin -Madison)(pdf)

Small Mammals

Small mammal populations of the Kenai peninsula, Alaska. Northwest Science. (Fuller, T.K. 1981.55:298-303.) (pdf)

The effects of tree crushing on small mammal populations in Southcentral, Mammals Alaska. (Bangs, 1979, M.S., Univ. Of Nevada)(pdf)

Birds

Click here for a Kenai NWR and Kenai Peninsula bird species list.

Summer and migratory movements of trumpeter swans using the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. (Bailey et al., 1988., Proc. Trumpeter Swan Soc. 11:72-81)(pdf)

Effects of canoeing on Common loon production and survival on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. (Smith, 1981, M.S., Colorado State Univ.)(pdf)

Role of winter food in regulating numbers of Alaskan spruce grouse. (Ellison, 1972, Ph.D., Univ. Of California -Berkeley)(pdf)

Waterbird habitat and use of Chickaloon Flats. (Quimby, 1972, M.S., Univ. Of Alaska -Fairbanks)(pdf)

Fire Ecology

Black Spruce: Black Spruce Fire History on the Kenai NWR (DeVolder, M.S., Northern Arizon Univ.)(pdf)

Effects of forest succession after fire in moose wintering habitats on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Loranger et al., 1990, Alces 27:100-110)

Contaminants

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Contaminant Assessment. (1991, Parson, Tiffany, USFWS Anchorage, AK)

Last updated: September 11, 2008