A comparison of scat-analysis methods to assess the diet of the wolf Canis lupus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 37-48

  Ciucci, Paolo ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Pelliccioni, Elisabetta Raganella ^a   Rocco, Massimiliano ^a   Guy, Ilaria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomass intake; Canis lupus; method comparisons; scat analysis; wolf diet

Indexed keywords

CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0029745797     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.006     Document Type: Article

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