Home-range sizes and altitude selection for arctic foxes and wolverines in an alpine environment

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Landa, Arild, Strand, Olav, Linnell, John DC, Skogland, Terje
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Norway; Snøhetta; Alopex lagopus; Gulo gulo
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-209; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z97-209

We compared the use of space and habitat by wolverines, Gulo gulo, and arctic foxes, Alopex lagopus, on the Snøhetta plateau and surrounding mountains in south-central Norway. The arctic foxes used smaller annual home ranges than the wolverines, whose home ranges were among the largest yet reported...