Ecology and use of arctic fox Alopex lagopus dens in Norway: Tradition overtaken by interspecific competition?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 445-453

  Frafjord, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Competition; Den characteristics; Den use; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CANID; CONSERVATION STATUS; DEN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

NORWAY;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0037410088     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00314-2     Document Type: Article

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