Survival and cause-specific mortality of red foxes in agricultural and urban areas of Illinois

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1862-1873

  Gosselink, Todd E ^a,c   Van Deelen, Timothy R ^a,d   Warner, Richard E ^b   Mankin, Phil C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Chariton Research Station   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis latrans; Coyote; Illinois; Mortality; Red fox; Sarcoptic mange; Survival; Urban; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CANID; HUNTING; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; TRAPPING; URBAN AREA;

ILLINOIS; MIDWEST; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; SARCOPTES; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 48249100046     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-020     Document Type: Article

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