Behavioral and spatial analysis of extraterritorial movements in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 190-199

  Soulsbury, Carl D ^a,c   Iossa, Graziella ^a   Baker, Philip J ^a,d   White, Piran C L ^b   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Contact rates; Disease transmission; DRAP; Gene flow

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79951907181     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-187.1     Document Type: Article

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