Variation in diet, prey selectivity and home-range size of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Switzerland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 393-405

  Molinari Jobin, Anja ^a   Zimmermann, Fridolin ^a   Ryser, Andreas ^a   Molinari, Paolo ^b   Haller, Heinrich ^c   Breitenmoser Würsten, Christine ^a   Capt, Simon ^a   Eyholzer, Roman ^d   Breitenmoser, Urs ^a  

^a KORA ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Progetto Lince Italia   (Italy)

^c Schweizerischer Nationalpark   (Switzerland)

^d WildARK   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Home range; Lynx lynx; Predation; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 38349093600     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[393:VIDPSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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