Use of snow-tracking methods to estimate the abundance of otter (Lutra lutra) in Finland with evaluation of one-visit census for monitoring purposes

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-188

  Sulkava, Risto T ^a,b   Liukko, Ulla Maija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Nature Division ^*  (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE; CARNIVORE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SNOW; TRACKING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 34447555840     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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