Winter range of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) group in a northern birch forest

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 342-348

  Frafjord, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Home range; Territory; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANID; FOREST; HOME RANGE; WINTER;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 4444220749     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00153     Document Type: Article

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