Effects of air traffic, snow cover and weather on altitudinal short-term and medium-term movements of female Alpine chamois Rupicapra rupicapra in winter

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 351-362

  Boldt, Andreas ^a,b   Ingold, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b WildARK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Alpine chamois; Human disturbance; Paragliders; Rupicapra rupicapra; Vertical movements; Winter conditions

Indexed keywords

RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 29144519866     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[351:EOATSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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