Food Availability and Food Hoarding Behaviour by Red and Arctic Foxes

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: 1 Biopsychology Programme; Departments of Psychology and Biology; Memorial University of Newfoundland; St. John’s; Arctic; Manger; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; renard arctique; Terre-Neuve; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.4809; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic49-3-228.pdf

ABSTRACT. Both red and arctic foxes cache food. The present and previous studies have documented scatter hoarding (hiding single or small numbers of prey at dispersed sites) and larder hoarding (hiding many prey at or near den sites) by both species. Red foxes resident on an island with a large seab...