Prey use by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in urban and rural areas of Illinois

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1070-1082

  Lavin, Shana R ^a,c   Van Deelen, Timothy R ^b,d   Brown, Patrick W ^b   Warner, Richard E ^a   Ambrose, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GEOGRAPHIC LANDSCAPES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANID; COMPETITIVE DISPLACEMENT; DIET; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0041692526     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-088     Document Type: Article

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