Do volatile repellents reduce wolverine Gulo gulo predation on sheep? Results of a large-scale experiment

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-118

  Landa, Arild ^a   Krogstad, Steinar ^a   Tømmerås, Bjørn Åge ^a   Tufto, Jarle ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gulo gulo; Large scale tests; Norway; Olfactory repellents; Predation; Sheep; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

GULO GULO; MUSTELINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0031832847     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1998.008     Document Type: Article

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