The diet of urban foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) and the availability of anthropogenic food in the city of Zurich, Switzerland

By P. Contesse, D. Hegglin, S. Gloor, F. Bontadina, P. Deplazes. 2004

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Sex-specific consequences of life in the city (2007, background): “Although urban habitat may offer benefits such as increased food resources (Contesse et al. 2004) and sometimes decreased predation (Gering and Blair 1999), urban organisms are still presented with a suite of novel challenges that they would not encounter in rural areas.”
Plasticity of predation behaviour as a putative driving force for parasite life-cycle dynamics: the case of urban foxes and Echinococcus multilocularis tapeworm (2007, neutral): “After dissection of the stomach of each fox, the contents were washed in a sieve and possible remains of rodents were separated (for details see Contesse et al . 2004 ).”
Dietary Niche Separation Between Sympatric Free-Ranging Domestic Dogs and Indian Foxes in Central India (2009, background): “However, other vulpine foxes living in rural, urban, or suburban habitats include human-associated foods in their diet (e.g., V. vulpes [Contesse et al. 2004], V. cana [Geffen et al. 1992], and V. macrotis [Warrick et al. 2007]).”
Big city life: carnivores in urban environments (2012, background): “Refuse and discarded fast food is of such abundance that the Zürich fox population is still increasing (Contesse et al., 2004).”