Difference in diet and age structure of blue and white Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in the Disko Bay area, West Greenland

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Pagh, Sussie ^a   Hersteinsson, Páll ^b  

^a Natural History Museum Aarhus   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Age structure; Colour morphs; Diet; Dispersal; Immigration; Vulpes lagopus

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; COLOR MORPH; DIET; DISPERSAL; FOOD; IMMIGRATION; MAMMAL; STOMACH CONTENT; WINTER;

ARCTIC; DISKO BAY; GREENLAND;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MALLOTUS (FISH); MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; VULPES LAGOPUS;

EID: 41049100277     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00042.x     Document Type: Article

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