Latrine use by san joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) and coyotes (Canis latrans)

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 544-547

  Ralls, Katherine ^a   Smith, Deborah A ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Chemical communication; Coyote; Feces; Kit fox; Latrines; Scats; Scent marking; Vulpes macrotis

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS LATRANS; MACROTIS; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 7744228274     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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