Single black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) kills adult impala (Aepyceros melampus)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 847-848

  Kamler, Jan F ^a   Foght, James L ^b   Collins, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Wilderness Safaris Botswana ^*  (United States)

^c Wilderness Safaris Botswana   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANID; DEER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 77955808781     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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