Disturbance effects of hunting activity in a willow ptarmigan Lagopus lagopus population

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Brøseth, Henrik ^a   Pedersen, Hans Chr ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

disturbance; habitat use; hunting; Lagopus lagopus; movements; Norway; willow ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; SALIX; SALIX ARBUSCULOIDES;

EID: 77958593319     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-096     Document Type: Article

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