Ranging behaviour of male capercaillie Tetrao urogallus outside the lekking ground in spring

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-43

  Eliassen, Sigrunn ^a   Wegge, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOMONITORING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LEK; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 33846085056     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03764.x     Document Type: Article

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