The wolverine's niche: Linking reproductive chronology, caching, competition, and climate

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 634-644

  Inman, Robert M ^a,c   Magoun, Audrey J ^b   Persson, Jens ^c   Mattisson, Jenny ^c,d  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^b Wildlife Research and Management   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

cache; climate change; competition; delayed implantation; distribution; food; Gulo gulo; niche; reproduction; wolverine

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; CACHING; CANID; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; INSECT; LACTATION; NEONATE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SCAVENGER; SNOW COVER; VULNERABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GULO GULO; HEXAPODA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84863662032     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-A-319.1     Document Type: Article

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