Coping in a human-dominated landscape: Trade-off between foraging and keeping away from roads by moose (Alces alces)

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 969-979

  Eldegard, Katrine ^a   Lyngved, Jo Trygve ^a   Hjeljord, Olav ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Food acquisition; Global positioning system; Human derived predation risk; Infrastructure; Large browsing herbivore; Spatio temporal movement

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 84870353799     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0640-4     Document Type: Article

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