Daytime cover, diet and space-use of golden jackals (Canis aureus) in agro-ecosystems of Bangladesh

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Jaeger, Michael M ^a   Haque, Emdadul ^b   Sultana, Parvin ^b   Bruggers, Richard L ^c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute BARI   (Bangladesh)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual territories; Daytime cover; Rodent prey base; Seasonal flooding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CANID; DIET; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOODING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SPACE USE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUGAR CANE;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 34748825516     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.016     Document Type: Article

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