Fisher, Martes pennanti, home range characteristics in a high density untrapped population in southern Quebec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-364

  Garant, Yves ^a,b,c   Crête, Michel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c Naturam Environment   (Canada)

^d Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Fisher; Home range; Intrasexual territoriality; Martes pennanti; Mustelids; Quebec; Spacing

Indexed keywords

MARTES PENNANTI;

FISHER; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY;

CANADA, QUEBEC, GATINEAU PARK;

EID: 0030609688     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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