Does availability of anthropogenic food enhance densities of omnivorous mammals? An example with coyotes in southern California

Ecography

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-331

  Fedriani, Jose M ^a,b   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Sauvajot, Raymond M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; OMNIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034936314     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2001.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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