Breeding season of Wolves, Canis lupus, in relation to latitude

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 139-140

  Mech, L David ^a,b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Canis lupus; Latitude; Mating; Reproduction; Wolf

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CANID; LATITUDE; SEASONALITY;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036461596     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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