Potential effects of reserve size on incidental nest predation by red foxes Vulpes vulpes

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-114

  Seymour, A S ^a   Harris, S ^a   White, P C L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Nest predation; Search behaviour; Vanellus vanellus

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; NEST PREDATION; WADER; WATERFOWL;

DERWENT VALLEY; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CANIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; VANELLUS; VANELLUS VANELLUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 2042466763     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.10.012     Document Type: Article

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