Influence of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes, Linnaeus 1758) on the distribution and number of breeding birds in an intensively used farmland

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 395-399

  Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a   Gołdyn, Bartłomiej ^a   Surmacki, Adrian ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breeding bird community; Fox; Point counts; Predation; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CANID; NEST SITE; PREDATION RISK; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; AVES; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0038039163     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00497.x     Document Type: Article

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