Quantifying behavioral changes in territorial animals caused by sudden population declines

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Potts, Jonathan R ^a   Harris, Stephen ^a   Giuggioli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Epizooty; Home range; Red fox (Vulpes vulpes); Territoriality; Theoretical ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; DATA ACQUISITION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCABIES; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOXES; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCABIES; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84881490951     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671260     Document Type: Article

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