Dietary overlap of swift foxes and coyotes in Northwestern Texas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-146

  Kamler, Jan F ^a,d   Ballard, Warren B ^a   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Gilliland, Rick L ^b   Gipson, Philip S ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASON;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 34547791762     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)158[139:DOOSFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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