Data from: Are British urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) ‘bold’? The importance of understanding human-wildlife interactions in urban areas

Urban fox behaviour recorded during an extensive field experiment in Bristol, UK. We examined two different but inter-related behaviours, both of which influence a fox's propensity to take risks. Neophobia affects a fox's reaction to novelty in the environment, and wariness its reaction to potential threats. We investigated how social status and foraging social context influenced both behaviours in Bristol’s fox population. For further information please see Padovani et al. 2021.本数据集包含英国布里斯托尔地区大规模野外实验中记录的城市狐狸行为数据。本研究考察了两种既不同又相互关联的行为，二者均会影响狐狸的冒险倾向。新异恐惧（Neophobia）会影响狐狸对环境中新异事物的反应，而警惕性（wariness）则对应其对潜在威胁的反应。本研究针对布里斯托尔的狐狸种群，探究了社会地位与觅食社交情境对这两种行为的调控作用。如需获取更多信息，请参阅Padovani等人2021年的研究成果。