Seasonal mortality of black grouse Tetra tetrix during a year with little snow

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 205-209

  Spidsø, Tor K ^a   Hjeljord, Olav ^b   Dokk, John G ^b  

^a Nord Trøndelag College   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Black grouse; Norway; Seasonal mortality; Snow roosting; Tetrao tetrix

Indexed keywords

TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 0031425448     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1997.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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