Selection of natal dens by the swift fox (Vulpes velox) on the Canadian prairies

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 646-652

  Pruss, Shelley D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DEN; HABITAT SELECTION; PRAIRIE;

(SOUTHEAST); (SOUTHWEST); ALBERTA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0033306180     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-4-646     Document Type: Article

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