Distance rules for minimum counts of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx family groups under different ecological conditions

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 447-455

  Linnell, John D C ^a   Odden, John ^a   Andrén, Henrik ^b   Liberg, Olof ^b   Andersen, Reidar ^a,g   Moa, Pål ^c   Kvam, Tor ^c   Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Segerström, Peter ^d   Ahlqvist, Per ^b   Schmidt, Krzysztof ^e   Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^e   Okarma, Henryk ^f  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Department of Resource Sciences   (Norway)

^d Polish Academy of Sciences ^*  (Sweden)

^e MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^g NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Census; Eurasian lynx; Home range; Large carnivore; Lynx lynx; Monitoring; Movement

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 38349178750     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[447:DRFMCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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