Summer food composition and food niche overlap of the raccoon dog, red fox and badger in Finland

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 457-463

  Kauhala, Kaarina ^a   Laukkanen, Paula ^a   Von Rége, Inez ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CARNIVORE; DIETARY OVERLAP; PREY SELECTION;

FINLAND;

MELES MELES; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0031728806     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00436.x     Document Type: Article

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