Home-range sizes and altitude selection for arctic foxes and wolverines in an alpine environment

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 448-457

  Landa, Arild ^a   Strand, Olav ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a,b   Skogland, Terje ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Hedmark College   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CARNIVORE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE;

NORWAY;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; GULO GULO;

EID: 0031875350     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z97-209     Document Type: Article

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