Spatial distribution of lemming mats in the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Mallory, Frank F., Boots, Barry N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1983
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Burrows; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z83-011; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z83-011

Spatial distributions of lemming mats on exposed beach ridges on Bathurst and Devon islands, N. W.T., in the Canadian High Arctic were recorded by triangulation. The collared lemming Dicrostonyx groenlandicus is the only microtine in this region, which eliminates interspecific influences. In additio...