Spatial organization of reproductive Arctic foxes Alopex lagopus: Responses to changes in spatial and temporal availability of prey

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1056-1068

  Eide, Nina E ^a,b,d   Jepsen, Jane U ^c   Prestrud, Pål ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Home range; Predictability; Resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH); Svalbard; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CANID; HOME RANGE; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMMER; TERRITORIALITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; WORLD;

ALCIDAE; ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; CANIDAE; LAGOPUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; VULPES;

EID: 8144224219     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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