Does the spatiotemporal distribution of livestock influence forage patch selection in Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Moa, Pål F ^a   Herfindal, Ivar ^b   Linnell, John D C ^c   Overskaug, Kristian ^b   Kvam, Tor ^a   Andersen, Reidar ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; GIS; Habitat use; Livestock; Lynx; Lynx lynx; Roe deer; Social system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33645571891     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[63:DTSDOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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