Prolonging the arctic pulse: Long-term exploitation of cached eggs by arctic foxes when lemmings are scarce

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 873-880

  Samelius, Gustaf ^a,d   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^a,b   Larivière, Serge ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Delta Waterfowl Foundation   (Canada)

^d Grimsö Wildlife Research Station   (Sweden)

^e Bureau 1100   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food caching; Food hoarding; Foraging behaviour; Foraging ecology; Prey switching; Pulsed resources

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CANID; DIET; EGG; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; SEASON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CATERING SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; ARVICOLINAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; FOXES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS;

EID: 34547890276     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01278.x     Document Type: Article

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