Wolverine, gulo gulo, home range size and denning habitat in lowland boreal forest in Ontario

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-144

  Dawson, F Neil ^a   Magoun, Audrey J ^b   Bowman, Jeff ^a   Ray, Justina C ^c  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Research and Management (WRAM)   (United States)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Den; Gulo gulo; Home range; Ontario; Road density; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

ARGO; BOREAL FOREST; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 83055198468     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v124i2.1052     Document Type: Article

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