Space use of moose in relation to food availability

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1431-1437

  Dussault, Christian ^a,b   Courtois, Réhaume ^b   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Girard, Irène ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Direction de la Recherche Sur la Faune   (Canada)

^c Parc National de la Vanoise   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TELEMETERING;

FOOD AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL CHANGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIOTELEMETRY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 31744448306     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-140     Document Type: Article

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