Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2006 |
Authors: | Webbon, CC, Baker, PJ, Cole, NC, Harris, S |
Journal: | Mammal Review |
Volume: | 36 |
Pagination: | 85-97 |
Date Published: | 2006 |
ISBN Number: | 1365-2907 |
Keywords: | Vulpes vulpes |
Abstract: | ABSTRACT * 1The winter diet of foxes Vulpes vulpes was quantified in seven landscape types in Britain, using faecal samples from 87 sites. * 2Medium-sized mammals (0.1–5.0 kg) were consistently the most important prey group in arable and pastural landscapes, occurring in 44–72% of scats and comprising 50–75% of the mass of prey ingested. Birds and small mammals (< 0.1 kg) were important secondary prey groups. * 3Small mammals were the most frequently recorded prey group in marginal upland (42% of scats) and upland landscapes (75%), followed by large mammals (33% and 23%, respectively). In terms of mass ingested, small mammals (38%) and large mammals (52%) were the most important prey groups in these landscapes. * 4In all landscapes, field voles Microtus agrestis, lagomorphs, sheep/deer and passerines/galliforms dominated their respective prey groupings. |
URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2006.00069.x |
Macroscopic prey remains in the winter diet of foxes Vulpes vulpes in rural Britain
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