Use of dens by red Vulpes vulpes and arctic Alopex lagopus foxes in alpine environments: Can inter-specific competition explain the non-recovery of Norwegian arctic fox populations?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-176

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

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Den; Inter specific competition; Population decline; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0032836597     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1999.021     Document Type: Article

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