Ecological factors influencing the spatial pattern of Canada lynx relative to its southern range edge in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1189-1197

  Bayne, Erin M ^a   Boutin, Stan ^a   Moses, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FELID; HOME RANGE; LAGOMORPH;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CANIS LATRANS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 54349088069     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-099     Document Type: Article

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