Assessment of abundance of San Joaquin kit foxes by spotlight surveys

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-73

  Ralls, Katherine ^a   Eberhardt, L Lee ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

kit fox; spotlighting; surveys; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MACROTIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 0030976667     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382639     Document Type: Article

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