Assessing Red Fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) Demographics to Monitor Wildlife Diseases: A Spotlight on <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>

Assessing Red Fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>) Demographics to Monitor Wildlife Diseases: A Spotlight on <i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>

The assessment of red fox population density is considered relevant to the surveillance of zoonotic agents vectored by this species. However, density is difficult to estimate reliably, since the ecological plasticity and elusive behavior of this carnivore hinder classic methods of inference. In this...

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Main Authors: Roberto Celva, Barbara Crestanello, Federica Obber, Debora Dellamaria, Karin Trevisiol, Marco Bregoli, Lucia Cenni, Andreas Agreiter, Patrizia Danesi, Heidi Christine Hauffe, Carlo Vittorio Citterio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Pathogens
Subjects:
red fox
<i>Echinococcus multilocularis</i>
spatial capture-recapture
density
abundance
IKA
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/12/1/60

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