Catastrophic decrease in an isolated population of kit foxes

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 204-211

  White, P J ^a,d   Berry, William H ^b   Eliason, Julie J ^c   Hanson, Michael T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Management Branch   (United States)

^c Environmental Office   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS LATRANS; MEPHITUS MEPHITUS; VULPES MACROTIS;

EID: 0033907469     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672462     Document Type: Article

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