Dietary and reproductive responses of arctic foxes to changes in small rodent abundance

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-278

  Strand, Olav ^a   Linnell, John D C ^a   Krogstad, Steinar ^a   Landa, Arild ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Diet; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIETARY SHIFT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTION;

NORWAY; SNOHETTA PLATEAU;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; LEMMUS; LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RODENTIA; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VERTEBRATA; VULPES;

EID: 0032693722     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic932     Document Type: Article

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