Dispersal in willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus - Who is dispersing and why?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-96

  Rørvik, Kjell Arne ^a,c   Pedersen, Hans Christian ^b   Steen, Johan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Genetics; Lagopus lagopus; Willow ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX;

EID: 0031832382     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.005     Document Type: Article

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