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The Red Fox in a Small Game Community of the South Taiga Region in Sweden

In Between Nutritional and Social Regulation? (The Theoretical Background of a Project in Progress)

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The context and demographic hypothesis of a study concerning fox population dynamics and predation is described. The study is part of a cooperative small game community project, where the dynamics of the community as a whole and of certain species, is considered in relation to food availability and predation.

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Lindström, E. (1980). The Red Fox in a Small Game Community of the South Taiga Region in Sweden. In: Zimen, E. (eds) The Red Fox. Biogeographica. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-5592-4_11

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