Litter size, sex ratio, and age structure of gray wolves, Canis lupus, in relation to population fluctuations in northern Belarus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-300

  Sidorovich, V E ^a   Stolyarov, V P ^b   Vorobei, N N ^b   Ivanova, N V ^a   Jedrzejewska B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Belarus)

^b Hunting Club Shumilino ^*  (Belarus)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CANIS LUPUS; GRAY WOLVES; LITTER SIZE; SEX RATIO;

MAMMALS;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANID; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LITTER SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX RATIO;

BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 34347209730     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-001     Document Type: Article

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