Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
We report on the interspecific killing of an arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) by a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, an event that was captured on video in November 2004. Both the video and evidence from observation indicate that this may be a case of intraguild predation. The...
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description | We report on the interspecific killing of an arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) by a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, an event that was captured on video in November 2004. Both the video and evidence from observation indicate that this may be a case of intraguild predation. The interaction represents an extreme example of competitive behavior and suggests that increased contact between these two sympatric canids in northern Alaska could be detrimental to arctic foxes. Dans un champ pétrolifère de la baie Prudhoe, en Alaska, un renard roux (Vulpes vulpes) a tué un renard arctique (Alopex lagopus). Il s’agit là d’une attaque interspécifique qui a été captée sur vidéo en novembre 2004. La vidéo et les indices prélevés au moment de l’observation laissent croire qu’il pourrait s’agir d’une prédation intraguilde. Cette interaction représente un exemple extrême de comportement compétitif et laisse supposer que le contact accru entre ces deux canidés sympatriques du nord de l’Alaska pourrait nuire aux renards arctiques. |
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spelling | ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/63346 2025-06-15T14:06:33+00:00 Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska Pamperin, Nathan J. Follmann, Erich H. Petersen, Bill 2009-12-16 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63346 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63346/47283 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63346 ARCTIC; Vol. 59 No. 4 (2006): December: 351–463; 361-364 1923-1245 0004-0843 Alopex lagopus arctic fox Vulpes vulpes red fox competition interspecific killing intraguild predation Prudhoe Bay Alaska renard arctique renard roux compétition attaque interspécifique predation intraguilde baie Prudhoe info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2009 ftunivcalgaryojs 2025-05-27T03:29:43Z We report on the interspecific killing of an arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) by a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, an event that was captured on video in November 2004. Both the video and evidence from observation indicate that this may be a case of intraguild predation. The interaction represents an extreme example of competitive behavior and suggests that increased contact between these two sympatric canids in northern Alaska could be detrimental to arctic foxes. Dans un champ pétrolifère de la baie Prudhoe, en Alaska, un renard roux (Vulpes vulpes) a tué un renard arctique (Alopex lagopus). Il s’agit là d’une attaque interspécifique qui a été captée sur vidéo en novembre 2004. La vidéo et les indices prélevés au moment de l’observation laissent croire qu’il pourrait s’agir d’une prédation intraguilde. Cette interaction représente un exemple extrême de comportement compétitif et laisse supposer que le contact accru entre ces deux canidés sympatriques du nord de l’Alaska pourrait nuire aux renards arctiques. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Fox Arctic Arctique* Prudhoe Bay renard arctique Alaska Unknown Arctic Renard ENVELOPE(-63.767,-63.767,-65.017,-65.017) ARCTIC 59 4 |
spellingShingle | Alopex lagopus arctic fox Vulpes vulpes red fox competition interspecific killing intraguild predation Prudhoe Bay Alaska renard arctique renard roux compétition attaque interspécifique predation intraguilde baie Prudhoe Pamperin, Nathan J. Follmann, Erich H. Petersen, Bill Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title | Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title_full | Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title_fullStr | Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title_full_unstemmed | Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title_short | Interspecific Killing of an Arctic Fox by a Red Fox at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska |
title_sort | interspecific killing of an arctic fox by a red fox at prudhoe bay, alaska |
topic | Alopex lagopus arctic fox Vulpes vulpes red fox competition interspecific killing intraguild predation Prudhoe Bay Alaska renard arctique renard roux compétition attaque interspécifique predation intraguilde baie Prudhoe |
topic_facet | Alopex lagopus arctic fox Vulpes vulpes red fox competition interspecific killing intraguild predation Prudhoe Bay Alaska renard arctique renard roux compétition attaque interspécifique predation intraguilde baie Prudhoe |
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