Evidence for the persistence of arabian wolf (canis lupus pallipes) in the ibex reserve, saudi arabia and its preferred prey species

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Wronski, Torsten ^a   Macasero, William ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabian wolf; Feral dogs; Hybridisation; Ibex Reserve; Prey species; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CANID; FERAL ORGANISM; HYBRIDIZATION; PERSISTENCE; PREDATION; PREY LOCATION; PREY PREFERENCE;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; EURASIA; IBEX RESERVE; MIDDLE EAST; RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS PALLIPES; CAPRA IBEX; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58249125619     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2008.10638301     Document Type: Article

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