Diets of free-ranging Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1127-1133

  Reed, Janet E ^a   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Gipson, Philip S ^b   Kelly, Brian T ^c   Krausman, Paul R ^d   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Wester, David B ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Canis latrans; Canis lupus baileyi; Cervus elaphus; Coyote; Diet; Elk; Mexican gray wolf; New Mexico

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; MANURE; PREY SIZE; UNGULATE;

APACHE NATIONAL FOREST; ARIZONA; GILA NATIONAL FOREST; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 33845915266     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1127:DOFMGW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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