Habitat selection of adult moose Alces alces at two spatial scales in central Finland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-135

  Nikula, Ari ^a   Heikkinen, Samuli ^a   Helle, Eero ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Compositional analysis; GIS; Habitat selection; Home range; Moose; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042783415     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.017     Document Type: Article

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