Diet of the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides -A canid with an opportunistic foraging strategy

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-176

  Sutor, Astrid ^a   Kauhala, Kaarina ^b   Ansorge, Hermann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding behaviour; Food analysis; Invasive species; Predator

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMPHIBIAN; CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FLORISTICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; PREY PREFERENCE; SEASONALITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

GERMANY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952908769     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/j.at.0001-7051.035.2009     Document Type: Article

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