Resource partitioning between coyotes and swift foxes: Space, time, and diet

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1645-1656

  Kitchen, Ann M ^a   Gese, Eric M ^a   Schauster, Edward R ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CANID; DIETARY OVERLAP; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING;

COLORADO; PINON CANYON; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0033490868     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-143     Document Type: Article

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