Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ...
This data set contains morphometry data and individual characteristics of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Arctic (Vulpes lagopus) legally harvested in 2017 and 2018 in and around Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This area is located near treeline, on the western coast of the Hudson Bay, and its winters ar...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Dataset |
Language: | unknown |
Published: |
Mendeley Data
2023
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2.1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/6bph26nct2/1 |
id |
ftdatacite:10.17632/6bph26nct2.1 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdatacite:10.17632/6bph26nct2.1 2023-12-03T10:15:35+01:00 Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... Warret Rodrigues, Chloé 2023 https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2.1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/6bph26nct2/1 unknown Mendeley Data https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 Wildlife Ecology Population Biology Morphometry dataset Dataset 2023 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2.110.17632/6bph26nct2 2023-11-03T10:35:33Z This data set contains morphometry data and individual characteristics of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Arctic (Vulpes lagopus) legally harvested in 2017 and 2018 in and around Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This area is located near treeline, on the western coast of the Hudson Bay, and its winters are characterized by harsh abiotic conditions and prey scarcity. A red fox population became established on the coastal tundra, possibly competing with the native Arctic fox. We used these data to quantify species-size difference to predict the potential strength of interference competition, notably the likelihood of the larger competitor escalating interference to intraguild killing. Size difference was intermediate ( see Donadio & Buskirk, 2006) in body mass and linear dimension, which would favor strong interference competition over limited resources, with a high risk of red foxes escalating interference to intraguild killing. Animals were aged using canine cementum annuli count (Matson’s lab, Manhattan, ... Dataset Arctic Fox Arctic Churchill Hudson Bay Tundra Vulpes lagopus DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Canada Hudson Hudson Bay |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) |
op_collection_id |
ftdatacite |
language |
unknown |
topic |
Wildlife Ecology Population Biology Morphometry |
spellingShingle |
Wildlife Ecology Population Biology Morphometry Warret Rodrigues, Chloé Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
topic_facet |
Wildlife Ecology Population Biology Morphometry |
description |
This data set contains morphometry data and individual characteristics of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and Arctic (Vulpes lagopus) legally harvested in 2017 and 2018 in and around Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. This area is located near treeline, on the western coast of the Hudson Bay, and its winters are characterized by harsh abiotic conditions and prey scarcity. A red fox population became established on the coastal tundra, possibly competing with the native Arctic fox. We used these data to quantify species-size difference to predict the potential strength of interference competition, notably the likelihood of the larger competitor escalating interference to intraguild killing. Size difference was intermediate ( see Donadio & Buskirk, 2006) in body mass and linear dimension, which would favor strong interference competition over limited resources, with a high risk of red foxes escalating interference to intraguild killing. Animals were aged using canine cementum annuli count (Matson’s lab, Manhattan, ... |
format |
Dataset |
author |
Warret Rodrigues, Chloé |
author_facet |
Warret Rodrigues, Chloé |
author_sort |
Warret Rodrigues, Chloé |
title |
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
title_short |
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
title_full |
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
title_fullStr |
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
title_full_unstemmed |
Vulpes vulpes and Vulpes lagopus morphometric data_Canadian low Arctic ... |
title_sort |
vulpes vulpes and vulpes lagopus morphometric data_canadian low arctic ... |
publisher |
Mendeley Data |
publishDate |
2023 |
url |
https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2.1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/6bph26nct2/1 |
geographic |
Arctic Canada Hudson Hudson Bay |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Canada Hudson Hudson Bay |
genre |
Arctic Fox Arctic Churchill Hudson Bay Tundra Vulpes lagopus |
genre_facet |
Arctic Fox Arctic Churchill Hudson Bay Tundra Vulpes lagopus |
op_relation |
https://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2 |
op_rights |
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode cc-by-4.0 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.17632/6bph26nct2.110.17632/6bph26nct2 |
_version_ |
1784262478277902336 |