Arctic fox versus red fox in the warming Arctic: Four decades of den surveys in north Yukon

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1421-1431

  Gallant, Daniel ^a   Slough, Brian G ^b   Reid, Donald G ^c   Berteaux, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate warming; Herschel Island; Population trends; Vulpes lagopus; Vulpes vulpes; Yukon

Indexed keywords

CANID; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SURVEY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; HERSCHEL ISLAND; YUKON TERRITORY;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 84864378684     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-012-1181-8     Document Type: Article

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