Martes foot-loading and snowfall patterns in Eastern North America implications to broad-scale distributions and interactions of mesocarnivores

Martens and Fishers (Martes) in Human-Altered Environments: An International Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 115-131

  Krohn, William ^a   Hoving, Christopher ^a,b   Harrison, Daniel ^a   Phillips, David ^a,c   Frost, Herbert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Michigan DNR Wildlife Division   (United States)

^c Holderness School   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-22691-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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