Similarities and contrasts in the diets of foxes, vulpes vulpes, and cats, felis catus, relative to fluctuating prey populations and drought

Wildlife Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 307-317

  Catling, P C ^a  

^a CSIRO SUSTAINABLE ECOSYSTEMS   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAT; DIET; DROUGHT; FERAL; FOX; RABBIT; RED FOX;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, YATHONG NATURE RESERVE;

FELIS CATUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0024182678     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9880307     Document Type: Article

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