Variation in mating system and group structure in two populations of swift foxes, Vulpes velox

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-88

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,c   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Lemons, Patrick R ^a   Mote, Kevin ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

APUS APUS; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; VULPES; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 3042739762     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.07.017     Document Type: Article

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