The occurrence of wildcat in the Polish Carpathian Mountains

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 499-504

  Okarma, Henryk ^a   śnieŻko, Stanisław ^a   Olszańska, Agnieszka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Felis silvestris; Habitat use; Poland

Indexed keywords

FELID; HABITAT USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND;

FELIDAE; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 0036926784     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192474     Document Type: Article

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