Environmental variation at the onset of independent foraging affects full-grown body mass in the red fox

by Carl D Soulsbury, Graziella Iossa, Philip J Baker, and Stephen Harris

Proceedings BVolume 275(1649):2411-2418

October 22, 2008

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Relative importance of earthworms, insects and avian prey in the diet of fox cubs during May–September.

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Mean (±s.e.) monthly male and female body mass during their first year (males (circles): n=109 individuals, 177 captures; females (triangles): n=73 individuals, 129 captures).

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Mean interannual male (n=11 years; circles) and female (n=11 years; triangles) full-grown body mass in relation to total rainfall during July.

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Residual full-grown mass of individual (a) males and (b) females in relation to total July rainfall.

Carl D Soulsbury et al. Proc. R. Soc. B 2008;275:2411-2418

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