The non-impact of hunting on moose Alces alces movement, diurnal activity, and activity range

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Neumann, Wiebke ^a   Ericsson, Göran ^a   Dettki, Holger ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human disturbance; Predation risk; Sweden; Temporal spatial; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; UNGULATA;

EID: 67349157139     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-008-0237-0     Document Type: Article

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