Reproductive strategies of Dicrostonyx groenlandicus and Lemmus sibiricus in high-arctic tundra

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Negus, Norman C, Berger, Patricia J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1998
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Igloolik; Melville Peninsula; Dicrostonyx groenlandicus; Dupontia fisheri; Lemmus sibiricus; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-226; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z97-226

From 1981 to 1984, a field study of reproductive strategies of Lemmus sibiricus and Dicrostonyx groenlandicus in high-arctic tundra was undertaken at Igloolik Island and the Melville Peninsula, Northwest Territories. Both species of lemmings were scarce in 1981 and 1982 and increased rapidly in abun...