Energy cost of running in an Arctic Fox, Alopex lagopus

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 430-435

  Fuglei, Eva ^a   Øritsland, Nils A ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Outhere AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Heart rate; Metabolic rate; Net cost of running; Starvation; Svalbard

Indexed keywords

CANID; ENERGETICS; METABOLISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; STARVATION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3543143111     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i3.746     Document Type: Article

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