Assessment of the point-frame method to quantify wolf Canis lupus diet by scat analysis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-153

  Ciucci, Paolo ^a   Tosoni, Elisabetta ^a   Boitani, Luigi ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Food habits; Scat analysis; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042745619     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.020     Document Type: Article

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