Diet of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) in Greenland

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 289-293

  Kapel, Christian M O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Diet; Feeding biology; Greenland

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREENLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 0032717357     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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