Natal dispersal and philopatry of red foxes in urban and agricultural areas of Illinois

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1204-1217

  Gosselink, Todd E ^a,c   Piccolo, Kimberly A ^b,d   Van Deelen, Timothy R ^a,e,f   Warner, Richard E ^b   Mankin, Phil C ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

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

^c Chariton Research Station   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Illinois; natal dispersal; philopatry; red fox; urban wildlife; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CANID; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HOME RANGE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; WILD POPULATION;

ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 77955073258     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-108     Document Type: Article

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