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Declining survival rates of red foxes Vulpes vulpes during the first outbreak of sarcoptic mange in Sweden

Willebrand, Tomas; Samelius, Gustav; Walton, Zea Ann; Odden, Morten; Englund, Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Rapid declines in red fox Vulpes vulpes populations have followed outbreaks of epizootic mange caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei. In Sweden, the first outbreak of sarcoptic mange started in 1977/1978 and affected the ...

Does recursive use of resource locations shape a home range? Exploring the red fox's cognitive map.

McKeown, Benjamin; Walton, Zea Ann; Willebrand, Tomas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

A home range represents the outcome of the interplay between an environment, an animal’s understanding of that envi-ronment, and its subsequent movement decisions. Yet, recent studies suggest that recursive movement ...

Down a hole: missing GPS positions reveal birth dates of an underground denning species, the red fox

Walton, Zea Ann; Mattisson, Jenny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Global positioning system (GPS) technology is increasingly used to study animal behavior. However, some animals exhibit behaviors that may result in the failure to acquire a GPS position, such as for species with underground ...

Genetic Structure and Gene flow in Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Scandinavia: Implications for the Potential Future Spread of Echinococcus multilocularis Tapeworm

Hagenlund, Mari; Linløkken, Arne N.; Østbye, Kjartan; Walton, Zea Ann; Odden, Morten; Samelius, Gustav; Willebrand, Tomas; Wilson, Robert Charles (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)