Recent and historical distributions of Canada lynx in Maine and the Northeast

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 363-382

  Hoving, Christopher L ^a   Joseph, Ronald A ^b   Krohn, William B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642558411     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2003)010[0363:RAHDOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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