Seasonal food habits of corsac and red foxes in Mongolia and the potential for competition

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Murdoch, James D ^a   Munkhzul, Tserendorj ^b   Buyandelger, Suuri ^c   Reading, Richard P ^d   Sillero Zubiri, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^d DENVER ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Mongolia; Niche partitioning; Vulpes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CANID; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; SEASONALITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYMPATRY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

AVES; CANIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; VULPES; VULPES CORSAC; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 72049102177     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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