Using pregnancy rates and perinatal mortality to evaluate the success of recovery strategies for endangered island foxes

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 442-451

  Clifford, Diana L ^a   Woodroffe, R ^b   Garcelon, D K ^c   Timm, S F ^c   Mazet, J A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera traps; Captive breeding; Island fox; Perinatal mortality; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Translocation; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WEANING;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; UROCYON LITTORALIS;

EID: 35648939798     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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