Table 1 Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) macronutrient (Protein, Lipids, Carbohydrates) intakes as assessed by the analysis of the 30 selected diet studies (references as for Fig. 4).
From: Nutritional ecology of a prototypical generalist predator, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
N | Sample size | P | L | C | Habitat | Lat | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 121 | 43.84 | 39.59 | 16.56 | Forest | 45.44 | 7.19 |
117 | 36.82 | 37.61 | 25.57 | Urban | |||
2 | 115 | 66.57 | 33.06 | 0.37 | Arable | 45.10 | 8.38 |
3 | 133 | 41.58 | 29.57 | 28.85 | Forest | 46.26 | 11.45 |
4 | 78 | 37.97 | 35.65 | 26.37 | Mixed | 45.25 | 8.53 |
114 | 49.67 | 44.16 | 6.17 | Mixed | 45.16 | 9.37 | |
5 | 1139 | 59.45 | 38.49 | 2.05 | Mixed | 51.48 | 19.53 |
6 | 340 | 61.60 | 35.44 | 2.96 | Mixed | 43.31 | 11.08 |
7 | 663 | 40.07 | 44.55 | 15.38 | Arable | 42.76 | 11.33 |
8 | 393 | 68.32 | 31.55 | 0.13 | Arable | 50.45 | − 2.26 |
9 | 749 | 37.46 | 32.58 | 29.95 | Arable | 51.27 | − 2.35 |
10 | 922 | 62.23 | 30.68 | 7.09 | Forest | 45.59 | 7.08 |
11 | 234 | 57.21 | 41.60 | 1.19 | Forest | 55.02 | 29.02 |
12 | 264 | 44.10 | 49.76 | 6.15 | Forest | 41.41 | 13.50 |
13 | 223 | 51.11 | 43.05 | 5.84 | Mixed | 44.51 | 8.75 |
14 | 189 | 41.69 | 39.57 | 18.74 | Forest | 44.30 | 8.92 |
15 | 178 | 53.33 | 41.36 | 5.31 | Forest | 37.08 | 3.23 |
678 | 61.37 | 33.15 | 5.48 | Forest | 41.03 | 4.53 | |
16 | 933 | 55.66 | 42.72 | 1.62 | Forest | 53.00 | 27.50 |
593 | 63.42 | 33.20 | 3.37 | Forest | |||
17 | 767 | 54.17 | 44.53 | 1.30 | Mixed | 55.51 | 22.50 |
18 | 1010 | 44.49 | 51.43 | 4.08 | Forest | 46.41 | 17.45 |
19 | 256 | 43.03 | 31.19 | 25.77 | Urban | 51.00 | 13.00 |
20 | 190 | 51.11 | 42.71 | 6.17 | Mixed | 39.00 | 22.00 |
21 | 144 | 56.15 | 43.12 | 0.73 | Forest | 49.26 | 20.00 |
22 | 570 | 70.96 | 25.74 | 3.30 | Forest | 59.40 | 15.30 |
23 | 148 | 42.35 | 45.76 | 11.89 | Mixed | 55.16 | 25.33 |
24 | 102 | 57.55 | 40.37 | 2.08 | Mixed | 27.25 | − 8.17 |
25 | 433 | 50.88 | 45.00 | 4.12 | Arable | 51.34 | 17.40 |
26 | 1022 | 59.02 | 36.55 | 4.43 | Arable | 51.34 | 17.40 |
27 | 320 | 69.19 | 29.05 | 1.75 | Forest | 37.16 | 6.43 |
28 | 1939 | 37.64 | 38.71 | 23.66 | Urban | 51.45 | − 1.15 |
29 | 268 | 44.07 | 46.06 | 9.87 | Arable | 45.51 | 17.56 |
30 | 159 | 57.59 | 41.38 | 1.03 | Arable | 48.46 | 2.17 |
169 | 61.75 | 32.46 | 5.78 | Forest | |||
220 | 56.30 | 42.10 | 1.59 | Urban | |||
Mean | 52.35 | 38.75 | 8.89 | ||||
SE | 1.84 | 1.13 | 1.71 |