Reindeer Rangifer tarandus fences as a mortality factor for ptarmigan Lagopus spp.

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-127

  Bevanger, Kjetil ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bird collision; Lagopus spp.; Management; Netting fence; Norway; Wire fence

Indexed keywords

AVES; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SALIX;

EID: 0033934710     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2000.001     Document Type: Article

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