Spatial and social stability of a Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx population: An assessment of 10 years of observation in the Jura Mountains

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-380

  Breitenmoser Würsten, Christine ^a   Zimmermann, Fridolin ^a   Stahl, Philippe ^b   Vandel, Jean Michel ^b   Molinari Jobin, Anja ^a   Molinari, Paolo ^a   Capt, Simon ^a   Breitenmoser, Urs ^c  

^a KORA ^*  (Switzerland)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Home range; Long term observation; Lynx lynx; Social dynamics; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 38349105059     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[365:SASSOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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