Darwin's fox: A distinct endangered species in a vanishing habitat

Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-375

  Yahnke, Christopher J ^a   Johnson, Warren E ^b   Geffen, Eli ^c   Smith, Deborah ^c   Hertel, Fritz ^c   Roy, Michael S ^d   Bonacic, Cristian F ^e   Fuller, Todd K ^f   Van Valkenburgh, Blaire ^c   Wayne, Robert K ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILLA FOX; CULPEO FOX; DARWIN'S FOX; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TEMPERATE RAIN FOREST;

CHILE, CHILOE;

DUSICYON CULPAEUS; DUSICYON FULVIPES; DUSICYON GRISEUS;

EID: 0029751248     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1996.10020366.x     Document Type: Article

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