Data from: Study "Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in UK wet grasslands"

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dc.contributor.authorPorteus, Tom A.
dc.contributor.authorShort, Mike J.
dc.contributor.authorHoodless, Andrew N.
dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Jonathan C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-30T08:42:47Z
dc.date.available2024-12-30T08:42:47Z
dc.date.issued2024-12-30
dc.description.abstractThe red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a widely distributed generalist meso-predator implicated in declines of wading bird populations. In the wet grassland habitats where waders breed, wildlife managers work to mitigate fox predation risk to waders during the nesting period through lethal and non-lethal control methods. However, limited knowledge on fox movement ecology in these habitats makes it difficult to design effective management strategies. We used GPS telemetry to understand fox home range size, daily activity and movement patterns, and how these metrics may vary among wet grassland sites with different management. We caught and GPS-tagged 35 foxes in the March–June wader nesting period on two wet grassland sites in central southern England; Britford during 2016/17 and Somerley during 2018/19. We estimated home range areas from location data using local convex hulls, and from these estimates we derived the minimum fox density at each site and year. Daily activity patterns and movement behaviour of each fox were obtained using both telemetry and trail camera data. Mean fox home range area at Britford (0.21 km2, SE = 0.025) was significantly smaller than at Somerley (0.68 km2, SE = 0.067), and estimated minimum densities were around four times higher (Britford = 10.6 foxes/km2, Somerley = 2.4 foxes/km2). Foxes were more active and moved faster during twilight and night hours, but both telemetry and camera data indicate they were also active for one-third of daylight hours. Distances moved per day were variable between foxes but generally smaller at Britford. We also found evidence for dispersal during spring, with movements of up to 19 km per day. Home ranges at both wet grassland sites were smaller than comparable sites elsewhere. These indicated foxes were living at exceptionally high densities at Britford, where there is no fox control, increased food availability and where waders no longer breed. Spatio-temporal movement patterns were closely related to home range metrics, with higher levels of fox activity at Somerley, where home ranges were larger. The movements of itinerant and dispersing foxes during the nesting period suggests that lethal control would need to be very intensive to be effective. The likely anthropogenic food subsidy of fox density at Britford suggests that controlling access to similar food resources would help reduce predation pressure on breeding waders.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.304
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1677
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relationEuropean Journal of Wildlife Research
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1007/s10344-023-01759-y
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectVulpes vulpes
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectcarnivores
dc.subjectGPS telemetry
dc.subjecthome range
dc.subjectpredation
dc.subjectred fox
dc.titleData from: Study "Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in UK wet grasslands"
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@misc{001/1_304,
  title = {Data from: Study "Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in UK wet grasslands"},
  author = {Porteus, TA and Short, MJ and Hoodless, AN and Reynolds, JC},
  year = {2024},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.304},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.304},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
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Porteus TA, Short MJ, Hoodless AN, Reynolds JC. 2024. Data from: Study "Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) in UK wet grasslands". Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.304
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AU  - Reynolds, Jonathan C.
Y1  - 2024/12/30
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KW  - predation
KW  - red fox
KW  - Vulpes vulpes
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DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.304
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mdr.journal.titleEuropean Journal of Wildlife Research
mdr.journal.volume70
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