Ecology of a coastal population of the critically endangered Darwin's fox (Pseudalopex fulvipes) on Chiloé Island, southern Chile

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 271, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-77

  Jimenez J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chilo Island; Darwin's fox; Home range; Southern Chile

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANID; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOME RANGE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RANGE SIZE; ZOOCHORY;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; CANIDAE; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METATHERIA; PSEUDALOPEX FULVIPES; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33846115122     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2006.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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