The Endangered Siberian marmot Marmota sibirica as a keystone species? Observations and implications of burrow use by corsac foxes Vulpes corsac in Mongolia

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Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 431-434

  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

Burrow; Corsac fox; Keystone species; Marmota sibirica; Mongolia; Siberian marmot; Vulpes corsac

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CONSERVATION PLANNING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MONGOLIA;

CANIDAE; MARMOTA; MARMOTA SIBIRICA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; VULPES CORSAC;

EID: 73449107588     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309001100     Document Type: Article

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