Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment

The present study aimed at investigating the activity rhythms of the red fox Vulpes vulpes and three potential preys (i.e. the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus, and the Norway rat Rattus norvegicus) in an urban environment. Data were collected as a part of a...

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Autor principal:	Alessandro Nardotto
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Publicado:	PAGEPress Publications 2021
Materias:	activity rhythms, camera trapping, prey-predator interactions, red fox, temporal activity overlap, urban ecology Botany QK1-989 Geology QE1-996.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:56b8bddcc3104d5fa316e1739caa3ab32021-11-18T15:27:26ZLiving with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment10.4081/nhs.2022.5552385-04422385-0922https://doaj.org/article/56b8bddcc3104d5fa316e1739caa3ab32021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/nhs/article/view/555https://doaj.org/toc/2385-0442https://doaj.org/toc/2385-0922 The present study aimed at investigating the activity rhythms of the red fox Vulpes vulpes and three potential preys (i.e. the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus, and the Norway rat Rattus norvegicus) in an urban environment. Data were collected as a part of a camera trapping survey, carried out within the municipality of Padua (northeastern Italy). In order to analyse species activity patterns, the R overlap package was used and then the Watson-Wheeler test was run to evaluate whether two overlaps were significantly different. Results show that all the investigated species have nocturnal activities, with “moderate” temporal activity overlap between the red fox and its potential prey. The Watson-Wheeler test showed that the hedgehog was the only potential prey that did not show significant differences in the hours of activity compared to those of the red fox. Instead, statistically significant differences were recorded when the activity rhythm of the red fox was compared with that of the wood mouse or the Norway rat. This may indicate the development of antipredator behaviour or the possibility that the red fox is seeking anthropogenic food sources instead of wild prey or, alternatively, other preferred food items. Alessandro NardottoPAGEPress Publicationsarticleactivity rhythms, camera trapping, prey-predator interactions, red fox, temporal activity overlap, urban ecologyBotanyQK1-989GeologyQE1-996.5ENNatural History Sciences (2021)
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spellingShingle	activity rhythms, camera trapping, prey-predator interactions, red fox, temporal activity overlap, urban ecology Botany QK1-989 Geology QE1-996.5 Alessandro Nardotto Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
description	The present study aimed at investigating the activity rhythms of the red fox Vulpes vulpes and three potential preys (i.e. the European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus, and the Norway rat Rattus norvegicus) in an urban environment. Data were collected as a part of a camera trapping survey, carried out within the municipality of Padua (northeastern Italy). In order to analyse species activity patterns, the R overlap package was used and then the Watson-Wheeler test was run to evaluate whether two overlaps were significantly different. Results show that all the investigated species have nocturnal activities, with “moderate” temporal activity overlap between the red fox and its potential prey. The Watson-Wheeler test showed that the hedgehog was the only potential prey that did not show significant differences in the hours of activity compared to those of the red fox. Instead, statistically significant differences were recorded when the activity rhythm of the red fox was compared with that of the wood mouse or the Norway rat. This may indicate the development of antipredator behaviour or the possibility that the red fox is seeking anthropogenic food sources instead of wild prey or, alternatively, other preferred food items.
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title	Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
title_short	Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
title_full	Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
title_fullStr	Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
title_full_unstemmed	Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment
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Living with the enemy: activity rhythms of the red fox and some potential preys in an urban environment

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