Long-range juvenile dispersal and its implication for conservation of reintroduced swift fox vulpes velox populations in the USA and Canada

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Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-77

  Ausband, David ^a   Moehrenschlager, Axel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Calgary Zoological Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Fragmentation; Reintroduction; Swift fox; Vulpes velox

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BREEDING SEASON; CARNIVORE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; JUVENILE; MAMMAL; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRAIRIE; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; VULPES VELOX;

EID: 68349141127     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308001622     Document Type: Article

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