Spatial relationships between swift foxes and coyotes in northwestern Texas

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 168-172

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,d   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Gilliland, Rickey L ^b   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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPETITION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

MORTALITY; ZOOLOGY;

BIOLOGY;

CANID; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0037856163     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-222     Document Type: Article

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