Impacts of coyotes on swift foxes in northwestern Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-323

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,d   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Gilliland, Rickey L ^b   Lemons II, Patrick R ^a   Mote, Kevin ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Predator control; Swift fox; Texas; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

CANID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VULPES; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0037695071     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802773     Document Type: Article

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