Arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) diet in Karupelv valley, East Greenland, during a summer with low lemming density

Arctic

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Dalerum, Fredrik ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Diet; East Greenland; Fecal analysis; Lemming

Indexed keywords

CANID; DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY;

GREENLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 0034010897     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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