Active wolverine Gulo gulo dens as a minimum population estimator in Scandinavia

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-168

  Landa, Arild ^a   Tufto, Jarle ^b   Franzén, Robert ^c   Bø, Terje ^d   Lindén, Mats ^e   Swenson, Jon E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distribution; Gulo gulo; Population estimation; Population size; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

GULO GULO; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 0031666880     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.018     Document Type: Article

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