Enduring social relationships in a population of crab-eating zorros, Cerdocyon thous, in Amazonian Brazil (Carnivora, Canidae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 329-355

  Macdonald, D W ^a   Courtenay, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA; CERDOCYON THOUS;

CRAB-EATING ZORRO; SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP;

BRAZIL, AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EID: 0030472334     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05454.x     Document Type: Article

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