An evaluation of structured snow-track surveys to monitor Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx populations

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 456-466

  Linnell, John D C ^a   Fiske, Peder ^a   Herfindal, Ivar ^b   Odden, John ^a   Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Andersen, Reidar ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Eurasian lynx; Large carnivore; Lynx lynx; Monitoring; Population indices; Snow tracking

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 38349156700     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[456:AEOSSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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