Notes on the food habits of Arctic foxes in northern Alaska
Food habits of white foxes were studied on the Teshekpuk Lake Section of the Arctic Coastal Plain, northern Alaska, from September 1961 through May 1963. Lemmings were the primary fox prey but sea mammal and caribou carrion also can be important year-round foods. Birds and bird eggs formed an import...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z68-161 2024-06-23T07:49:42+00:00 Notes on the food habits of Arctic foxes in northern Alaska Chesemore, David L. 1968 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z68-161 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z68-161 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 46, issue 6, page 1127-1130 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 journal-article 1968 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z68-161 2024-06-06T04:11:17Z Food habits of white foxes were studied on the Teshekpuk Lake Section of the Arctic Coastal Plain, northern Alaska, from September 1961 through May 1963. Lemmings were the primary fox prey but sea mammal and caribou carrion also can be important year-round foods. Birds and bird eggs formed an important part of the summer diet. The increase in occurrence of non-food items in the winter diet may reflect the scarcity of suitable fox foods. Based on size, fox scats could be separated into adult and pup classes while the color of the scat reflected both its age and contents. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Canadian Science Publishing Arctic Canadian Journal of Zoology 46 6 1127 1130 |
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Food habits of white foxes were studied on the Teshekpuk Lake Section of the Arctic Coastal Plain, northern Alaska, from September 1961 through May 1963. Lemmings were the primary fox prey but sea mammal and caribou carrion also can be important year-round foods. Birds and bird eggs formed an important part of the summer diet. The increase in occurrence of non-food items in the winter diet may reflect the scarcity of suitable fox foods. Based on size, fox scats could be separated into adult and pup classes while the color of the scat reflected both its age and contents. |
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