Seasonal pulses of migratory prey and annual variation in small mammal abundance affect abundance and reproduction by arctic foxes

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1475-1484

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Delta Waterfowl Foundation   (Canada)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Cree Hunters and Trappers Income Security Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

External subsidies; Food hoarding; Migratory prey; Population dynamics; Pulsed resources

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING POPULATION; CANID; COLONY; EGG PRODUCTION; FOOD STORAGE; LITTER SIZE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRACKING; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE;

EID: 80052715484     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1005-2     Document Type: Article

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