Interspecific killing of an arctic fox by a red fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-364

  Pamperin, Nathan J ^a   Follmann, Erich H ^a   Petersen, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Purcell Security   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Competition; Interspecific killing; Intraguild predation; Prudhoe Bay; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

CANID; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; UNITED STATES;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846428423     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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