Fitness costs of dispersal in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1289-1298

  Soulsbury, Carl D ^a   Baker, Philip J ^a,b   Iossa, Graziella ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal costs; Fitness; Mortality; Reproductive success; Sociality

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISPERSAL; FITNESS; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIALISM; SURVIVAL;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 43749097240     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0557-9     Document Type: Article

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