Fishing Arctic foxes Alopex lagopus on a rocky island in west Greenland

On a small barren island in Disko Bay, west Greenland, 195 hours were spent observing Arctic foxes at their den and the nearby coast. Their main food was found to be live, caught fish, and the activity of the foxes was correlated with the tidal height. S. M. Nielsen, Arctic Station, University of Co...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Author: Møller Nielsen, Sussie
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1991
Subjects:
Arctic
Greenland
Rocky Island
Alopex lagopus
Disko Bay
Godhavn
Polar Research
Online Access:https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2364
https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v9i2.6793
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Summary:On a small barren island in Disko Bay, west Greenland, 195 hours were spent observing Arctic foxes at their den and the nearby coast. Their main food was found to be live, caught fish, and the activity of the foxes was correlated with the tidal height. S. M. Nielsen, Arctic Station, University of Copenhagen. DK-3953 Godhavn, Greenland.

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