Title:

Body size of Chilean foxes: a new pattern in light of new data

Creator:

Jiménez, J. E. ; Yáñez, J. L. ; Tabilo, E. L. ; Jaksić, F. M.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1995

Description:

By using body measurements and weight data of culpeo fox Dusicyon culpaeus Molina, 1782 and chilla fox D. griseus Gray, 1837 from the Chinchilla National Reserve (north-central Chile) and Torres del Paine National Park (southern Chile), the body size distribution of Chilean foxes was analyzed and compared to data previously published by Fuentes and Jaksić (1979). Contrary to those authors, our data show that not only the larger but both species increase in size in southern Chile. Thus, latitudinal size distribution of D. culpaeus and D. griseus may not be the result of character displacement through exploitation competition, as previously interpreted, but of bioenergetic adaptations.

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

body measurements ; body weight ; Canidae ; Dusicyon culpaeus ; Dusicyon griseus ; sympatric foxes ; lis ; wymiary ciała

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

40

Issue:

3

Start page:

321

End page:

326

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.95-31

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Streszcz. ang.

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp nieograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Instytut Biologii Ssaków Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Instytutu Biologii Ssaków PAN

Projects co-financed by:

Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka, lata 2010-2014, Priorytet 2. Infrastruktura strefy B + R ; Unia Europejska. Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego

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