Competition between recolonizing wolves and resident lynx in Sweden

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 271-279

  Wikenros, Camilla ^a   Liberg, Olof ^a   Sand, Hakan ^a   Andrén, Henrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEER; FELID; HOME RANGE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

SWEDEN;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 77649145447     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-143     Document Type: Article

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