Date: December 14, 2018
Source: University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna
Urban
habitats are becoming increasingly more important for several wildlife species.
Foxes, for example, have become successful inhabitants of urban areas in recent
years. The research team has now conducted an analysis, the first of its kind
in the German-speaking countries, of fox sightings in Vienna. Data on fox
sightings was available from all times of the year for a period of five years.
Encounters with foxes were reported from all city districts and at all times of
day.
"Much
of our knowledge about the occurrence, distribution and association with land
use of these urban foxes is poor, however, partly because many of the favoured
urban habitats are on private property and therefore hardly accessible to
scientists," explains Theresa Walter from the Research Institute of
Wildlife Ecology at Vetmeduni Vienna. Using a citizen science approach, in
which the Viennese public reported fox sightings that were made, for example,
in private gardens, it was possible to close this information gap.
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