Winter habitat and travel route selection by wolves in the northern Apennines, Italy

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-235

  Ciucci, Paolo ^a   Masi, Monica ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Genetica e Biologia Molecolare Charles Darwin   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE;

ITALY;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 0038025654     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03353.x     Document Type: Article

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