Changes in the numbers of foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scotland
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- 20 August 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 203 (4) , 561-569
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb02350.x
Abstract
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.Keywords
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