Potential fitness benefits of group living in the red fox, Vulpes vulpes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1411-1424

  Baker, Philip J ^a   Robertson, Charles P J ^a   Funk, Stephan M ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY RISK;

VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0032458090     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0950     Document Type: Article

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