Biogeographical variation in the population density of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in western Eurasia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 803-811

  Melis, Claudia ^a,b   Szafrańska, Paulina A ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a,c   Bartoń, Kamil ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Department of Animal Ecology ^*

Author keywords

Eurasia; Macroecological scale; Population density; Sus scrofa; Vegetation productivity; Wild boar; Winter temperature; Wolf predation

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PIG; POPULATION DENSITY; VEGETATION;

EURASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645996044     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01434.x     Document Type: Article

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