“…Both maps were intersected to obtain a topologically correct map of the study area (Berlin plus 4 km buffer zone from Brandenburg area). Based on this map we reclassified all occurring land use structures (752 categories) into 12 land use structures (see Figure 1) typical for urban areas and meaningful for urban foxes (Harris, 1977;Harris and Rayner, 1986;Janko et al, 2012;Börner, 2014): (1) arable land, (2) inner-city blocks (typical Berlin apartment houses), (3) forest, (4) private green space (gardens, allotments, camping sides), (5) industrial area (warehouses, power plants), (6) public building (schools, train stations), (7) urban green space (parks, botanical gardens), (8) streets, (9) detached houses (villa, leisure residence) (10) water bodies (rivers and lakes), (11) railway tracks (railway sidings and embankments), (12) brownfields covering unbuilt and anthropically unused areas.…”