Home range and habitat use of the kit fox (Vulpes macrotis) in a prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) complex

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  List, Rurik ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cynomys ludovicianus; Grassland; Habitat preference; Home range; Mexico; Vulpes macrotis

Indexed keywords

CANID; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; DIPODOMYS; MACROPUS SP.; MACROTIS; PROSOPIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0037276257     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902002959     Document Type: Article

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