Home range, habitat selection and diet of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in a semi-urban riparian environment

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 175-180

  White, John G ^a   Gubiani, Robert ^a   Smallman, Nathalie ^a   Snell, Kelly ^a   Morton, Anne ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; HOME RANGE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DANDENONG VALLEY; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CANIDAE; RUBUS; ULEX EUROPAEUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33744722016     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR05037     Document Type: Article

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