Home-range size and habitat selection by American marten (Martes americana) in Labrador

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1602-1609

  Smith, Adam C ^a   Schaefer, James A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MONITORING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SNOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HABITATS;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOTELEMETRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MUSTELID;

CANADA;

MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 0036930699     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-166     Document Type: Article

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