Nutritional ecology and digestive response to dietary shift in the large South American fox, Pseudalopex culpaeus

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-246

  Silva, Sergio I ^a   Jaksic, Fabián M ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dietary shift; Fox; Fruit consumption; Nutritional bottleneck

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; PSEUDALOPEX CULPAEUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 23144438208     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2005000200007     Document Type: Article

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