Flexible spatial organization of urban foxes, Vulpes vulpes, before and during an outbreak of sarcoptic mange

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-146

  Baker, Philip J ^a   Funk, Stephan M ^a,b   Harris, Stephen ^a   White, Piran C L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE INCIDENCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0033957247     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1285     Document Type: Article

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