Effect on red fox litter size and diet after rabbit haemorrhagic disease in north-eastern Spain

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 764-767

  Villafuerte, R ^a   Luco, D F ^b   Gortazer C ^b   Blanco, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

^c ATECMA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0030364737     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05320.x     Document Type: Article

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