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Changes in the numbers of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scotland
Author(s) -
Hewson Raymond
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb02350.x
Subject(s) - vulpes , biology , zoology , ecology , predation
More foxes were killed in Scotland from 1971 to 1978 than in the previous decade, but in some parts the rate of increase was not being maintained. Fluctuations in the numbers of foxes killed were associated with big changes in the numbers of Field voles.