Winter home-range characteristics of American marten (Martes americana) in northern Wisconsin

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-394

  Dumyahn, Joseph B ^a,c   Zollner, Patrick A ^a,c   Gilbert, Jonathan H ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

MARTES AMERICANA;

EID: 36049012396     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[382:WHCOAM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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