Competitive interactions between coyotes and San Joaquin kit foxes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 204-214

  Cypher, Brian L ^a   Spencer, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a Enterprise Advisory Services Inc   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Canis latrans; Competition; Coyote; Endangered species; Kit fox; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000821962     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382855     Document Type: Article

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