Home range and population density of fishers in eastern Ontario

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1484-1493

  Koen, Erin L ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^b   Findlay, C Scott ^a   Zheng, Ligang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fisher; Home range; Martes pennanti; Ontario; Population density; Radiotelemetry error; Trapping

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; RECOLONIZATION;

CANADA; MATTAWA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 34047173993     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-133     Document Type: Article

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