TY  - JOUR
TT  - A Brief Study on Diet Components of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758) From Central Anatolia (Mammalia: Carnivora)
AU  - Toyran, Kubilay
AU  - Aşan, Nursel
AU  - Pamukoğlu, Nahit
PY  - 2009
DA  - July
JF  - Kafkas Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi
PB  - Kafkas Üniversitesi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2587-2389
SP  - 37
EP  - 40
VL  - 2
IS  - 1
KW  - Diet preference
KW  - faeces
KW  - Vulpes vulpes
KW  - Central Anatolia
KW  - Turkey
N2  - The aim of this research was to determine the diet preference of red fox (Vulpes vulpes), distributedadjacent to the urban settlement. The spring, summer and autumn diet composition of red fox was examined on analysis offaeces (n=37) in districts of Kırıkkale, Central Anatolia in 2002. The diet is mainly composed of Guenther’s vole(Microtus guentheri) and grape (Vitis sp.) depended on its habitat and prey availability. Tristam’s jird (Merionestristrami), bird feathers, cockchafer (Melolontha sp.), apricot (Prunus sp.) and blackberry (Rubus sp.) were alsodetermined in low quantity in the feaces.
CR  - Altın Y, 1999. Kırıkkale’99. Goverment of Kırıkkale. Çetin Ofset A.Ş., Ankara [In Turkish].
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/kujs/issue//338549
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/341815
ER  -