Behavioural responses of red foxes to an increase in the presence of golden jackals: A field experiment

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 577-584

  Scheinin, Shani ^a   Yom Tov, Yoram ^a   Motro, Uzi ^b   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; DIET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33644650770     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.022     Document Type: Article

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