Water Developments and Canids in Two North American Deserts: A Test of the Indirect Effect of Water Hypothesis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hall, Lucas K ^a   Larsen, Randy T ^a   Knight, Robert N ^b   Bunnell, Kevin D ^c   McMillan, Brock R ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Programs   (United States)

^c UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANIDAE; COYOTE; DESERT; FOX; LANDSCAPE; NATIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; RIVER BASIN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COYOTES; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOXES; FRESH WATER; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS;

EID: 84879777077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067800     Document Type: Article

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