Use of agricultural lands by San Joaquin kit foxes

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 270-277

  Warrick, Gregory D ^a,b   Clark Jr , Howard O ^a,c   Kelly, Patrick A ^a   Williams, Daniel F ^a   Cypher, Brian L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Natural Lands Management   (United States)

^c H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural lands; California; Endangered species; Farmland; Food habits; Habitat use; San Joaquin kit fox; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 34447556659     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[270:UOALBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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