The diet of urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and the availability of anthropogenic food in the city of Zurich, Switzerland

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-95

  Contesse, Pascale ^a   Hegglin, D ^a   Gloor, Sandra ^b   Bontadina, F ^b   Deplazes, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWILD Urban Ecology and Wildlife Research   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food supply; Stomach analyses; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND]; ZURICH [ZURICH (CTN)];

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 3142644528     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00123     Document Type: Article

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