Dietary preference of the Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 486-489

  Selvan, K Muthamizh ^a   Veeraswami, Gopi Govindan ^a   Hussain, Syed Ainul ^a  

^a Wildlife Institute of India   (India)

Author keywords

Asiatic wild dog; Body mass; Jacobs' index; Prey preference

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; CANID; DIET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD PREFERENCE; LIVESTOCK; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; PROTECTED AREA; WILD POPULATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVUS AXIS; CERVUS UNICOLOR; CUON ALPINUS;

EID: 84886778491     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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