Movement and habitat use of Canada lynx during denning in Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1507-1513

  Moen, R O N ^a   Burdett, Christopher L ^a,b   Niemi, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; Den; Global positioning system telemetry; Habitat use; Lynx canadensis; Minnesota; Movement; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FELID; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MONITORING; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 53049097283     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-072     Document Type: Article

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