Black-backed jackal diet at Mokolodi Nature Reserve, Botswana

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-46

  Kaunda, S K K ^a,b   Skinner, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black backed jackals; Botswana; Feeding behaviour

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONALITY;

BOTSWANA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS MESOMELAS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037356503     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2003.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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