
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Green, K. 
T1  - Altitudinal and temporal differences in the food of foxes (<emph type="2">Vulpes</emph> <emph type="2">vulpes</emph>) at alpine and subalpine altitudes in the Snowy Mountains
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 2003
VL  - 30
IS  - 3
SP  - 245
EP  - 253
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR02008 
N2  - The diet of foxes over three years at alpine and subalpine altitudes in the Snowy Mountains followed a cyclical change determined by seasonal climatic events that were very marked and predictable and did not allow for great variation in timing of prey availability. The diet was dominated by mammals in winter, with a change in the snow-free months to insects, mainly comprising bogong moths, with grasshoppers becoming important later in the season. Mammals preyed upon at both altitudes were mainly broad-toothed rats (Mastacomys fuscus), bush rats (Rattus fuscipes) and dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii). In the alpine zone, foxes were less dependent upon the food chain deriving from in situ primary productivity than were foxes in the subalpine zone and were more reliant on other energy sources, particularly immigrant bogong moths. 
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