Dispersal characteristics of swift foxes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1837-1842

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

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS;

INBREEDING; SWIFT FOXES; VULPES VELOX; YEARLINGS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANID; DISPERSAL; INBREEDING; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COLORADO; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 20044395288     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-187     Document Type: Article

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