Diurnal spacing patterns in kit foxes, a monogamous canid

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 432-436

  Ralls, Katherine ^a   White, P J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MACROTIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS;

EID: 0141836672     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0432:DSPIKF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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