Spacing pattern, intersexual competition and niche segregation in American mink

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 249-258

  Zabala, Jabi ^a,b   Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^b   Martínez Climent, José Antonio ^a  

^a Icarus E M S L ^*  (Spain)

^b Icarus EMSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MUSTELID; NICHE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 34548827044     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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