Foraging Behaviours and Population Dynamics of Arctic Foxes

SEASONAL AND ANNUAL fluctuations in food abundanceare common in many northern environments. Thesefluctuations, in turn, affect both the abundance and the distribution of animals that feed on them. However, the relative importance of seasonal versus annual fluctuations in food abundance is poorly und...

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Main Author: Gustaf Samelius
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.7886
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic57-4-441.pdf
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Summary:SEASONAL AND ANNUAL fluctuations in food abundanceare common in many northern environments. Thesefluctuations, in turn, affect both the abundance and the distribution of animals that feed on them. However, the relative importance of seasonal versus annual fluctuations in food abundance is poorly understood. Further, the ex-