Persistence of carnivore scat in the Sonoran Desert

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 366-372

  Sanchez, Dana M ^a,b,d   Krausman, Paul R ^a,b,e,f   Livingston, Troy R ^c,g   Gipson, Philip S ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Fort Riley Military Reservation   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bias; Bobcat; Canis latrans; Coyote; Diet; Lynx rufus; Neotoma albigula; Persistence; Scat; Transect; Woodrat

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DECOMPOSITION; DIET; FACIES; FELID; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; FELIDAE; LYNX RUFUS; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA ALBIGULA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242683643     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[366:POCSIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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