Use of Riparian Corridors and Vineyards by Mammalian Predators in Northern California

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 126-135

  Hilty, Jodi A ^a,b   Merenlender, Adina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PREDATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; VINEYARD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SONOMA COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; RIPARIA; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 1242332946     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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