Seasonal diet of dholes (Cuon alpinus) in northwestern Bhutan

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 518-520

  Thinley, Phuntsho ^a   Kamler, Jan F ^b   Wang, Sonam W ^a,b,c   Lham, Kinzang ^a   Stenkewitz, Ute ^b   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a Ministry of Agriculture   (Bhutan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bhutan; Cuon alpinus; Dhole; Diet; Predation

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CANID; CATTLE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PIG; PREDATION; SEASONALITY; UNGULATE;

BHUTAN;

BOS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; CUON ALPINUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79956345302     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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