Food habits of arctic wolves in Greenland

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 236-244

  Marquard Petersen, Ulf ^a  

^a Greenland Wolf Research Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic wolves; Canis lupus arctos; Food habits; Greenland; Muskoxen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000787380     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382859     Document Type: Article

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