Wolf pack territory marking in the Białowieża Primeval Forest (Poland)

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 635-648

  Zub, K ^a   Theuerkauf, J ^a,b,c   Jedrzejewski W ^a   Jedrzejewska B ^a   Schmidt, K ^a   Kowalczyk, R ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

'Hot spots' model; Bia owie a Forest; Canis lupus; Economic constrains; Ground scratching; Territory; Urine marking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042069796     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322149478     Document Type: Article

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