Title:

Home range and activity patterns of red fox Vulpes vulpes breeding females

Creator:

Travaini, A. ; Aldama, J. J. ; Laffitte, R. ; Delibes, M.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1993

Description:

Home range size and activity pattern were evaluated by radiotracking for seven red fox Vulpes vulpes (Linnaeus, 1758) breeding females, in the Doñana Biological Reserve, SW Spain. Mean home range size was 218 ha (SD = 76, n = 7). A home range for one of the seven females was 1129 ha for one nearly complete year and only 253 ha for the same female during the breeding season. Authors suggest that size reduction could be a result of energetical and behavioral shifts due to the breeding condition. Activity was slightly increased during nights with long resting periods during light hours. Total mean travelling distances was 6686 m in 24-hour cycles. Daytime and nighttime mean distance covered were 2101 and 4585 m, respectively.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

activity patterns ; breeding season ; female ; home range ; Vulpes vulpes ; Spain ; aktywność ; samica ; okres rozrodczy ; Hiszpania ; lis

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

38

Issue:

4

Start page:

427

End page:

434

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.93-33

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