Reduction of predation by fox (Vulpes vulpes): Ιndirect techniques
The fox causes decline in populations of threatened species and economic losses in hunting and livestock sectors. The search for non-lethal indirect techniques to manage fox predation has intensified over the last years. The more efficient indirect techniques are the modifying the predator community, the use of fencing and guarding dogs.
¹Hunting Federation of Macedonia & Thrace, Ethnikis Antistasis 173-175, 551 34 Kalamaria – Thessaloniki ²Department of forestry & Environmental Management, TEI of Larissa, Mavromihalis Street End, 43100 Karditsa, Hellas, e-mail: birtsas@teilar.gr
Keywords:Red fox, wildlife, conservation, animal damage control
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Book:RANGE SCIENCE AND PROTECTED AREAS - Proceedings of the 6th Panhellenic Rangeland Congress in Leonidio Arcadia Peloponnesus, 2-4 October 2008 (Edited by: Konstantinos Th. Mantzanas, Vasillios P. Papanastasis)
