Coyote and Wolf Habitat Use in Northwestern Montana

Northwest Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-32

  Arjo, Wendy M ^a,b   Pletscher, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK [MONTANA]; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1442291134     PISSN: 0029344X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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