Density and demography of wolf, Canis lupus population in the western-most part of the Polish Carpathian Mountains, 1996-2003

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-402

  Nowak, Sabina ^a   Mysłajek, Robert W ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^b  

^a Association for Nature Wolf   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Denning sites; Mortality; Pack size; Reproduction; Territory size

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; BREEDING SEASON; CANID; DEN; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REARING; SKIN DISORDER; TERRITORY;

BESKYDY MOUNTAINS; CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 54049093413     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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