Dietary overlap among two introduced and One native sympatric carnivore species, the raccoon, the masked palm civet, and the raccoon dog, in chiba prefecture, Japan

Mammal Study

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 187-194

  Matsuo, Rika ^a   Ochiai, Keiji ^b  

^a Natural History Museum and Institute ^*  (Japan)

^b NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Competition; Dietary overlap; Food habits; Introduced species

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; MOLLUSCA; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; PAGUMA LARVATA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 76149102580     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/041.034.0402     Document Type: Article

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