Adult male emigration and a female-based social organization in swift foxes, Vulpes velox

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 699-702

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,e   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Gese, Eric M ^b   Harrison, Robert L ^c   Karki, Seija ^b   Mote, Kevin ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TERRITORIALITY;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 1842526683     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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