A top box and a floor box as breeding nest boxes in farmed blue foxes (alopex lagopus): Reproductive performance, use of the boxes and cub carrying

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 206-210

  Mononen, Jaakko ^a   Harri, Mikko ^a   Sepponen, Juhani ^a   Korhonen, Hannu ^b   Rekilä, Teppo ^a   Ahola, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cub carrying; Floor box; Fox farming; Fur farming; Housing; Reproduction; Top box

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 0033475057     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/090647099423953     Document Type: Article

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