Abrupt spatial and numerical responses of overabundant foxes to a reduction in anthropogenic resources

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1262-1271

  Bino, Gilad ^a   Dolev, Amit ^b   Yosha, Dotan ^c   Guter, Amichay ^c   King, Roni ^d   Saltz, David ^e   Kark, Salit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Northern R and D ^*  (Israel)

^c Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

^d Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Carnivore overabundance; Kernel utilization distribution; MARK; Radio tracking; Red fox; Resource Dispersion Hypothesis; Resource manipulation; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; CARNIVORE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RURAL AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78149296402     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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