Characterisation of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx den sites and kitten survival

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-429

  Boutros, Dominique ^a   Breitenmoser Würsten, Christine ^a   Zimmermann, Fridolin ^a   Ryser, Andreas ^a   Molinari Jobin, Anja ^a   Capt, Simon ^b   Güntert, Marcel ^c   Breitenmoser, Urs ^d  

^a KORA ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Den sites; Jura Mountains; Lynx lynx; Survival

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 38349137405     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[417:COELLL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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