A statistical analysis of the relationship between red fox Vulpes vulpes and its prey species (grey partridge Perdix perdix, brown hare Lepus europaeus and rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus) in Western Germany from 1958 to 1998

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-65

  Knauer, Felix ^a   Küchenhoff, Helmut ^b   Pilz, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agricultural changes; Population dynamics; Predator prey; Small game conservation; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PERDIX PERDIX; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77951681947     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/07-040     Document Type: Article

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