Response s of West Greenland caribou to the approach of humans on foot

Polar Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Aastrup, Peter ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; UNGULATE;

(WEST); GREENLAND;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033861528     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2000.tb00331.x     Document Type: Article

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