Macroscopic prey remains in the winter diet of foxes Vulpes vulpes in rural Britain

Mammal Review

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-97

  Webbon, Charlotte C ^a,b   Baker, Philip J ^a   Cole, Nik C ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Landscape Studio   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Game; Livestock; Predation; Predator prey; Rabbit; Red fox; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

DIET; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CANIDAE; CERVIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33745053613     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00069.x     Document Type: Review

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