The Diet of Foxes, Vulpes Vulpes (L.), In Relation to Abundance of Prey Above the Winter Snowline in New South Wales.

作者: K Green , WS Osborne

DOI: 10.1071/WR9810349

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摘要: In areas above 1500 m altitude in Kosciusko National Park, New South Wales, between December 1978 and February 1980, the diet of foxes showed strong seasonal trends, with a high occurrence Orthoptera Lepidoptera snow-free months when these were common, general absence invertebrates snow covered area. Small native mammals occurred all winter staple diet; genera preyed upon Antechinus, Burramys, Mastacomys Rattus. fuscus, although less common than Rattus fuscipes, was as heavily; implications this selective predation are discussed. Foxes some patterns both winter.

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