Variation in the social system of the red fox

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 323-342

  Cavallini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home range; Mating system; Red fox; Sociality; Territoriality; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030478304     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1996.9522906     Document Type: Article

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