Survival and cause-specific mortality of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) in southern California

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-254

  Farias, Veronica ^a   Fuller, Todd K ^a   Wayne, Robert K ^b   Sauvajot, Raymond M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; California; Canis latrans; Carnivores; Coyote; Felis rufus; Gray foxes intraguild predation; Mortality; Survival; Sympatry; Urocyon cinereoargenteus

Indexed keywords

CANID; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS;

EID: 22344448761     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006850     Document Type: Article

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