Diets of, and prey selection by, sables (Martes zibellina) in Northern China

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 725-730

  Buskirk, Steven W ^a   Ma, Yiqing ^b   Xu, Li ^b   Jiang, Zhaowen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Heilongjiang Inst Nat Rsrc Res   (China)

Author keywords

China; Clethrionomys; diet; Martes zibellina; northern China; predation; prey selection; sable

Indexed keywords

MARTES ZIBELLINA;

EID: 0029953354     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382677     Document Type: Article

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