Periparturient behaviour in farmed blue foxes (Alopex lagopus)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 133-147

  Pyykonen T ^a   Mononen, J ^a   Ahola, L ^a   Rekila T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b ANIMAL PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Blue fox; Cub losses; Infanticide; Periparturient behaviour; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

INFANTICIDE;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 24344478225     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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