Food habits of four sympatric carnivores in southeastern China

Mammalia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 513-519

  Wang, H ^a   Fuller, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural area; Diet overlap; Food habits; South eastern China; Sympatric carnivores

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARNIVORE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ARCTONYX COLLARIS; CARNIVORA; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); GASTROPODA; HERPESTES; HERPESTES URVA; HERPESTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PAGUMA LARVATA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SUS SCROFA; TAXIDIINAE; VERTEBRATA; VIVERRICULA INDICA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 1942519430     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm-2003-0405     Document Type: Article

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