Food-niche overlap between arctic and red foxes

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1274-1285

  Elmhagen, Bodil ^a   Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FOOD PRODUCTS; NUTRITION;

ARCTIC FOXES;

BIOLOGY;

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CANID; DIETARY OVERLAP; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE OVERLAP;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0036936346     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z02-108     Document Type: Article

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