Conversion factors in carnivore scat analysis: Sources of bias

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Rüme, Ferdinand ^a   Ksinsik, Michael ^a   Kiffner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Functional; Predation; Prefernce; Prey; Response

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; MUS MUSCULUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 59449092572     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396-14.4.500     Document Type: Article

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