Human caused mortality in the endangered Scandinavian wolverine population

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-331

  Persson, Jens ^a   Ericsson, Göran ^a   Segerström, Peter ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Conservation; Infanticide; Mustelid; Poaching; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; POACHING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

GULO GULO; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 58149216431     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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