Raccoons, coyotes, and reflections on the mesopredator release hypothesis

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 836-842

  Gehrt, Stanley D ^a   Clark, William R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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CANIDAE; PROCYON;

EID: 0142247109     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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