Reproductive Behavior of the Red Fox (Vulpes Vulpes): A Longitudinal Study of an Island Population |
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additional group members adult foxes African wild dogs animals avian species Bekoff Bering Sea bigamous females bigamous males birds breeders breeding females Brown brown hyenas canid canid species Cape hunting dogs capita carnivores cooperative breeding correlated dens differential male mortality dominant female ear tagged ecological constraints model El Niño Emlen evolution Feeding Rate female foxes female helpers female's females successfully floaters food resources fox groups golden jackals group sizes helping behavior Hyaena increase individuals kin selection Kleiman Kruuk litter sizes Macdonald Malcolm mammals mean number Moehlman monogamous monogamous females monogamous species Niño number of adults number of pups nursing females observed offspring pack pairs polygyny predicted prey items pup per hour pup rearing pup survival pups that survived red foxes reproductive females reproductive groups resource dispersion hypothesis Round Island Schantz seabirds season sex ratio sexual selection significantly subordinate female successfully reproducing suggested territory Tierpsychol Trivers wolves Zimen Zool