Socio-spatial organization of urban stone martens

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Herr, J ^a,b   Schley, L ^c   Roper, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

^c Service de la Conservation de la Nature   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Home range; Mesopredator; Radio telemetry; Spacing patterns; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPACING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

MARTES; MARTES FOINA;

EID: 58149131361     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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