Resource use overlap between urban carnivores: Implications for endangered San Joaquin kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica)

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Harrison, Stephen William Reaney ^a,b   Cypher, Brian L ^a   Bremner Harrison, Samantha ^a,b   van Job, Christine L Horn ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mephitis mephitis; San Joaquin kit fox; Striped skunks; Urban wildlife; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA; FELIS CATUS; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 79955065142     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0155-x     Document Type: Article

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