Trophic niche overlap and wild ungulate consumption by red fox and wolf in a mountain area in Italy

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 369-376

  Bassi, Elena ^a   Donaggio, Emanuela ^a   Marcon, Andrea ^a   Scandura, Massimo ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canis lupus; Diet; Food habits; Predator prey system; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; DIET; MOUNTAIN REGION; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; PIG; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SMALL MAMMAL; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION; VEGETABLE; WILD POPULATION;

ITALY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84864503323     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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