Causes of the population decline in capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in the West Carpathians

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-273

  Saniga, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Population dynamics; Slovakia; West Carpathians

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; TETRAO; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 0347064185     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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