Fruit consumption by foxes and martens in NW Spain in autumn: A comparison of natural and agricultural areas

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-92

  Bermejo, Teresa ^a   Guitian, Jose ^a  

^a Facultad de Biologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Frugivory; Manes foina; Martes martes; Seed dispersion; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

FRUGIVORY; FRUIT; MAMMAL;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033911924     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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