Finding the right home: Distribution of food resources and terrain characteristics influence selection of denning sites and reproductive dens in arctic foxes

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-362

  Szor, Guillaume ^a   Berteaux, Dominique ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CANID; DEN; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTION; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRAIN;

BYLOT ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 38049026339     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0364-1     Document Type: Article

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