The origins of the southern Scandinavian wolf Canis lupus population: Potential for natural immigration in relation to dispersal distances, geography and Baltic ice

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-391

  Linnell, John D C ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Solberg, Erling J ^a   Brainerd, Scott M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltic sea ice; Canis lupus; Dispersal; Recolonisation; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 29144431638     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[383:TOOTSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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