Disturbances and predation on capercaillie at leks in Alps and Dinaric mountains

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Volumn 134, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 487-495

  Čas, Miran ^a  

^a SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Capercaillie (tetrao urogallus); Causes of leks endangerment; Forest and wildlife management; Mountain tourisms; Predation; Rare species population's conservation

Indexed keywords

CAUSES OF LEKS ENDANGERMENT; MOUNTAIN TOURISMS; PREDATION; RARE SPECIES; TETRAO UROGALLUS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; LANDFORMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS;

FORESTRY;

DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; MAMMAL; METAPOPULATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PASTURE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; RARE SPECIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EUROPE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS;

ALPS; DINARIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; SLOVENIA;

BOS; MARTES; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TETRAO UROGALLUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78649315470     PISSN: 03731332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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