 Principal Investigator:
Richard B. Harris
Funding Source(s):
Robert M. Lee Foundation
Denver Zoological Foundation
Cooperators:
East China Normal University
Qinghai Province Wildlife
Management Bureau
Dulan International Hunting Area
Project Duration: 2006-2008
UM Project Affiliation:
MTCWRU
Quantify correlates of habitat use of Tibetan foxes, focusing on their movements, den-site selection, and home range location relative to the distribution and density of plateau pikas. Quantify food habits of Tibetan foxes via analysis of verified fox scats.
The Chinese Ph.D. student at East China Normal University (Liu Qunxiu) has completed field work and is now analyzing data and writing papers. One paper (on home range patterns of the first 3 collared foxes) has been published in Acta Theriologica Sinica (in Chinese). A short report on biological aspects of Vulpes ferrilata as been published online by the IUCN Canid Specialist Group. Mammalian Species account of Vulpes ferrilata, of which Harris is a co-author, is forthcoming.
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