The diet of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in south-eastern Australia and the potential effects of rabbit haemorrhagic disease

Wildlife Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-18

  Saunders, Glen ^a   Berghout, Mani ^a,b   Kay, Barry ^a   Triggs, Barbara ^c   Van De Ven, Remy ^a   Winstanley, Roy ^a,b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b Pest Animal Control Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c Dead Finish   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 1942534148     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR02070     Document Type: Article

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