Title:

On the diet, size and use of home range and activity patterns of a red fox in Central Spain

Creator:

Blanco, J. C.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1986

Description:

A radio-tagged adult male fox, Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758), has been monitored for seven months in Central Spain. The diet, determined by scat analysis, picked up in its home range, was unspecialized. The home range size was 113 ha. It used a daily average of the 35.6% of the home range, mainly with zig-zag movement pattern, selecting positively human settlements. The rest sites changed frequently and the activity was mainly nocturnal.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

activity ; Spain ; diet ; home range size ; Vulpes vulpes ; dieta ; penetracja terenu ; aktywność ; lis

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

31

Issue:

40

Start page:

547

End page:

552

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.86-48

Source:

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Language:

eng ; sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open