Territory size of wolves Canis lupus: Linking local (Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland) and Holarctic-scale patterns

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-76

  Jedrzej, Włodzimierz ^a   Schmidt, Krzysztof ^a   Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a,b   Bogumila J ^a   Kowalczyk, Rafał ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANID; ENCOUNTER RATE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOLARCTIC REGION; HOME RANGE; LATITUDE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; RESIDENT POPULATION; TERRITORIALITY; UNGULATE;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33847297657     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04826.x     Document Type: Review

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