Functional and numerical responses of kit foxes to a short- term decline in mammalian prey

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 370-376

  White, P J ^a   Vanderbilt White, Callie A ^b   Ralls, Katherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b San Juan College   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

availability of prey; California; diet; drought; San Joaquin kit fox; Vulpes macrotis mutica

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; MACROTIS; MAMMALIA; VULPES; VULPES MACROTIS MUTICA;

EID: 9544258374     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382810     Document Type: Article

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