Howling activity of free-ranging wolves (Canis lupus) in the Białowieża Primeval Forest and the Western Beskidy Mountains (Poland)

Journal of Ethology - Tập 25 Số 3 - Trang 231-237 - 2007
Sabina Nowak1, Włodzimierz Jędrzejewski2, Krzysztof Schmidt2, Jörn Theuerkauf3,2, Robert W. Mysłajek, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska2
1Association for Nature “Wolf”, Lipowa, Poland
2Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland
3Carpathian Wildlife Research Station, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland

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