Variation in body mass of San Joaquin kit foxes

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 972-979

  Warrick, Gregory D ^a,b   Cypher, Brian L ^a,c  

^a Nav Petrol Reserves California E   (United States)

^b Endangered Species Recovery Program   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; California; Growth rates; San joaquin kit fox; Sexual dimorphism; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MACROTIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 0006391361     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383267     Document Type: Article

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