Use of pellet group counts in determining density and habitat use of moose Alces alces in Finland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Härkönen, Sauli ^a   Heikkilä, Risto ^b  

^a South Savo Game Management District   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Habitat use; Moose; Pellet group counts; Population density

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 1642601611     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1999.028     Document Type: Article

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