Effects of artificial escape dens on swift fox populations in northwest Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 821-827

  McGee, Brady K ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Nicholson, Kerry L ^a   Cypher, Brian L ^b   Lemons II, Patrick R ^c   Kamler, Jan F ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Endangered Species Recovery Program   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Artificial escape dens; Canis latrans; Coyotes; Dens; Mortality; Recruitment; Survival; Swift fox; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; DEN; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

DALLAM COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; RITA BLANCA NATIONAL GRASSLAND; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 33751216163     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[821:EOAEDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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