Correlates of body measurements and age in Eurasian beaver from Norway

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Rosell, Frank ^a   Zedrosser, Andreas ^b,c   Parker, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age determination; Eurasian beaver; Norway; Skull and body measurements

Indexed keywords

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 75849117278     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-009-0289-9     Document Type: Article

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