Long foraging movement of a denning tundra wolf

Arctic

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 196-203

  Frame, Paul F ^a,b   Hik, David S ^a   Cluff, H Dean ^b   Paquet, Paul C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Caribou; Foraging; GPS tracking; Movements; Northwest Territories; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 3342996208     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic495     Document Type: Article

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