The effects of sex, age, season and habitat on diet of the red fox Vulpes vulpes in northeastern Poland

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-218

  Kidawa, Dorota ^a   Kowalczyk, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food habits; Food niche breadth; Northeastern Poland; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; FEEDING; FOREST COVER; GENERALIST; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NICHE BREADTH; PREY SELECTION; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CONTENT;

POLAND;

AVES; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; UNGULATA; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79958203366     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: 21903743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13364-011-0031-3     Document Type: Article

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