Small-scale spatial variability in the diet of pampas foxes (Pseudalopex gymnocercus) and human-induced changes in prey base

Ecological Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-550

  Farias, Ariel A ^a   Kittlein, Marcelo J ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Diet variability; Food cross subsidizing; Human impact; Pseudalopex gymnocercus; South America

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HOLARCTIC REGION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LAND USE CHANGE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIDAE; LEPUS; PSEUDALOPEX GYMNOCERCUS;

EID: 43549124357     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0407-7     Document Type: Article

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