Dietary specialization and climatic-linked variations in extant populations of Ethiopian wolves

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 517-525

  Marino, Jorgelina ^a   Mitchell, Rebecca ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afroalpine; Canis simensis; Diet; Molerats; Murinae rats; Specialization

Indexed keywords

CANID; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECES; PREY SELECTION; RARE SPECIES; RODENT; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ETHIOPIA;

ARVICANTHIS ABYSSINICUS; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS SIMENSIS; LOPHUROMYS; MURINAE; OTOMYS TYPUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS; STENOCEPHALEMYS; TACHYORYCTES MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 77953724133     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01140.x     Document Type: Article

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