Abundances of red fox and pine marten in relation to the composition of boreal forest landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 874-886

  Kurki, Sami ^a   Nikula, Ari ^b   Helle, Pekka ^b   Lindén, Harto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Forest fragmentation; Geographical information systems; Landscape ecology; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOREAL FOREST; CARNIVORE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PREDATION;

FINLAND;

CANIDAE; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES MARTES; MATTES; VULPES VULPES; VULPES;

EID: 0031742718     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.6760874.x     Document Type: Article

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