Foraging patterns of arctic foxes at a large arctic goose colony

Arctic

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 279-288

  Samelius, G ^a   Alisauskas, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Banks Island; Chen caerulescens caerulescens; Food caching; Foraging behaviours; Lesser snow goose

Indexed keywords

CANADA; EGG PREDATION; FORAGING; SURVIVAL;

BREEDING SITE; CACHING; CANID; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTHERN TERRITORIES;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CHEN CAERULESCENS;

EID: 0033671671     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic858     Document Type: Article

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