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:

Journal/Article

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:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.95-31

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open