Diet of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) in Iceland

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 457-474

  Hersteinsson, P ^a,b   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

ARCTIC FOX; DIET; OPPORTUNISTIC FEEDING; PTARMIGAN; REINDEER;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030302410     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05298.x     Document Type: Article

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