Indexing Swift Fox Populations in New Mexico Using Scats

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-49

  Harrison, Robert L ^a   Clarke, Patrick Gabriel S ^b   Clarke, Christine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Wildtypes LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; CANID; FECES; TRANSECT;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VULPES; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 0842291600     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0042:ISFPIN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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