
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Green, K 
A1  - Osborne, WS 
T1  - The Diet of Foxes, Vulpes Vulpes (L.), In Relation to Abundance of Prey Above the Winter Snowline in New South Wales.
JF  - Wildlife Research
JO  - Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1981
VL  - 8
IS  - 2
SP  - 349
EP  - 360
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR9810349 
N2  - 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 of Orthoptera and Lepidoptera in the snow-free months when these were common, and a general absence of invertebrates when snow covered the area. Small native mammals occurred in the diet in all months and were the winter staple diet; the genera preyed upon were Antechinus, Burramys, Mastacomys and Rattus. Mastacomys fuscus, although less common than Rattus fuscipes, was preyed upon as heavily; the implications of this selective predation are discussed. Foxes showed some selective patterns of predation both in the snow-free months and in winter. 
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