Habitat use of red foxes in Yellowstone National Park based on snow tracking and telemetry

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1498-1507

  Van Etten, Keith W ^a,b,c   Wilson, Kenneth R ^b   Crabtree, Robert L ^a  

^a Yellowstone Ecological Research Center   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Euclidean distance analysis; Habitat selection; Radiotelemetry; Red fox; Snow tracking; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANID; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; TELEMETRY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CANIS LATRANS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 37549032747     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-076.1     Document Type: Article

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