A division between foraging range and territory related to food distribution in the red fox

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-37

  Tsukada, Hideharu ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; SALMONIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0030924468     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02767323     Document Type: Article

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