Winter prey selection of Canada lynx in northwestern Montana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 310-315

  Squires, John R ^a   Ruggiero, Leonard F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; Canada lynx; Food habits; Lepus americanus; Lynx canadensis; Montana; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEER; FELID; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; LAGOMORPH; MUSTELID; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RODENT; WINTER;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANACHITES CANADENSIS; DENDRAGAPUS CANADENSIS; DENDRAGAPUS OBSCURUS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; MUSTELA NIVALIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PICEA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 48249134832     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-445     Document Type: Article

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