Winter diets of wolf Canis lupus and lynx Lynx lynx in Estonia and Latvia

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 521-527

  Valdmann, Harri ^a   Andersone Lilley, Zanete ^b   Koppa, Ott ^a   Ozolins, Janis ^c   Bagrade, Guna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b LATVIAN STATE FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE SILAVA   (Latvia)

^c State Forest Service   (Latvia)

^d Latvian National Museum of Art   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Cervids; Estonia; Latvia; Lynx lynx; Stomach content; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FELID; STOMACH CONTENT; WINTER;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LEPUS TIMIDUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 29144449837     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192645     Document Type: Article

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