Summer diet of the Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 480-485

  Merkle, Jerod A ^a,d   Krausman, Paul R ^a   Stark, Dan W ^b   Oakleaf, John K ^b   Ballard, Warren B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOS TAURUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; LAGOMORPHA; ODOCOILEUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 72549088921     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/CLG-26.1     Document Type: Article

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