Potential for mobility and population variability in similar-sized mammals and birds

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Hansson, Lennart ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds; Mammals; Movement ranges; Population variability; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030041676     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522933     Document Type: Article

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