Indices for predicting total body fat in red foxes from Australia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1307-1312

  Winstanley, Roy K ^a,c   Saunders, Glen ^b   Buttemer, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Body fat; Condition indices; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAT; METHODOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

CANIDAE; VERTEBRATA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0031756635     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3801995     Document Type: Article

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