Red foxes

Abstract The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most widely distributed extant canid species, and is present in a broad range of habitats ranging from arctic tundra to deserts to city suburbs. Throughout its range, its general social system encompasses a territorial breeding pair accompanied by up to ei...

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Main Authors: Baker, Philip J., Harris, Stephen
Format: Book Part
Language:English
Published: Oxford University PressOxford 2004
Subjects:
Arctic
Tundra
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0012
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spelling croxfordunivpr:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0012 2024-05-19T07:35:48+00:00 Red foxes The behavioural ecology of red foxes in urban Bristol Baker, Philip J. Harris, Stephen 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0012 https://academic.oup.com/book/chapter-pdf/44963817/book_8191_section_153729812.ag.pdf en eng Oxford University PressOxford The Biology and Conservation of Wild Canids page 207-216 ISBN 0198515561 9780198515562 9780191705632 book-chapter 2004 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0012 2024-05-02T09:32:08Z Abstract The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most widely distributed extant canid species, and is present in a broad range of habitats ranging from arctic tundra to deserts to city suburbs. Throughout its range, its general social system encompasses a territorial breeding pair accompanied by up to eight subordinate individuals. However, there is substantial plasticity in social organization, principally through variation in territory size, group size, and group structure. This chapter reviews work undertaken in a long-term study in Bristol, England, investigating the mechanisms and benefits of group formation in a population of urban red foxes. Book Part Arctic Tundra Oxford University Press
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description Abstract The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most widely distributed extant canid species, and is present in a broad range of habitats ranging from arctic tundra to deserts to city suburbs. Throughout its range, its general social system encompasses a territorial breeding pair accompanied by up to eight subordinate individuals. However, there is substantial plasticity in social organization, principally through variation in territory size, group size, and group structure. This chapter reviews work undertaken in a long-term study in Bristol, England, investigating the mechanisms and benefits of group formation in a population of urban red foxes.
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publishDate 2004
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198515562.003.0012
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Tundra
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