Selection of den, rendezvous, and resting sites by wolves in the Bialowieza Forest, Poland

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-167

  Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a,b,d   Rouys, Sophie ^a,c,e   Jedrzejewski, Wlodzimierz ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c University Centre Sparsholt   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (New Caledonia)

^e POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; SITE SELECTION;

FOREST HABITATS;

BIOLOGY;

CANID; DEN; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

FORESTS; MAMMALS; SITES;

POLAND;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0038193909     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-190     Document Type: Article

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