The marine side of a terrestrial carnivore: Intra-population variation in use of allochthonous resources by Arctic foxes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Tarroux, Arnaud ^a   Bêty, Joël ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^b   Berteaux, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCTIC FOX; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DIET; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOX; LEMMING; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEX; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SYNECOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIDAE;

EID: 84864544238     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042427     Document Type: Article

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