Effect of forest fragmentation on space-use patterns in the European pine marten (Martes martes)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 328-335

  Mergey, Marina ^a   Helder, Rémi ^a   Roeder, Jean Jacques ^b  

^a 2C2A Centre de Recherche et de Formation en Eco Ethologie   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

forest fragmentation; habitat quality; home range; Martes; stability; supplementation theory

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONALITY; SPACE USE;

ARDENNES [CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE]; CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE; FRANCE;

MARTES; MARTES MARTES;

EID: 79955099342     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-366.1     Document Type: Article

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