Carnivores in burned and adjacent unburned areas in a Mediterranean ecosystem

Mammalia

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 407-415

  Birtsas, Perikles ^a   Sokos, Christos ^b   Exadactylos, Stavros ^b  

^a Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment   (Greece)

^b Research Division   (Greece)

Author keywords

Activity; Competition; Forest fire; Predators

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; CANID; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FELID; FOREST FIRE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUSTELID; PREDATOR; WILDFIRE; DISTURBANCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

GREECE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MARTES FOINA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84869483762     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2011-0070     Document Type: Article

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