Subspecies discrimination in the Scandinavian beaver (Castor fiber): Combining behavioral and chemical evidence

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 902-909

  Rosell, Frank ^a   Steifetten, Øyvind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIBERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GEOGRAPHIC ISOLATION; GLAND SECRETION; PROXIMATE FACTORS; SUBSPECIES DISCRIMINATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; ISOLATION EFFECT; SCENT MARKING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE;

EID: 6344231575     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-047     Document Type: Article

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