Food habits of wolverine Gulo gulo in montane ecosystems of British Columbia, Canada

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 31-37

  Lofroth, Eric C ^a   Krebs, John A ^b   Harrower, William L ^c   Lewis, Dave ^b  

^a Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^b Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program ^*  (Canada)

^c High Country Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Food habits; Foraging; Gulo gulo; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; CAPRA HIRCUS; CASTOR CANADENSIS; ERETHIZON DORSATUM; GULO GULO; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MARMOTA CALIGATA; OREAMNOS; OREAMNOS AMERICANUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 35648951118     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[31:FHOWGG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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