Diet, morphology, and interspecific killing in carnivora

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 524-536

  Donadio, Emiliano ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Diet; Interspecific killing; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; DIET; EXPLOITATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORA; DIET; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645981626     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501033     Document Type: Article

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