Foxes in the city: Citizen science helps researchers to study urban wildlife

(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) A team of researchers led by wildlife ecologist Theresa Walter analyzed over 1,100 fox sightings made by the public as part of the citizen science project StadtWildTiere (www.stadtwildtiere.at). The joint team of researchers from the Vetmeduni Vienna and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) now showed that foxes prefer specific city areas and environments. The study also revealed that reports of fox sightings correlated with the educational level of the population.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news