Gray fox and coyote abundance and diet responses after a wildfire in central Arizona

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-180

  Cunningham, Stan C ^a   Kirkendall, LariBeth ^a   Ballard, Warren ^b  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Chaparral; Coyote; Diet; Fire; Gray fox; Madrean evergreen forest; Scat index; Sky island

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; UROCYON; UROCYON CINEREOARGENTEUS;

EID: 33744492068     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[169:GFACAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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