Diets of wolves, Canis lupus, in logged and unlogged forests of southeastern Alaska

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Kohira, Masao ^a,b   Rexztad, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alexander Archipelago; Canis lupus ligoni; Diet; Forest; Prince of Wales Island; Wolves

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CARNIVORA; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTOR FIBER; CERVIDAE; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELIDAE; ODOCOILEUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS SITKENSIS; URSUS AMERICANUS; CANIS LUPUS LIGONI;

DIET; FOREST; LOGGED FOREST; WOLF;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030609671     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/p.358207     Document Type: Article

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