Foraging Behaviours and Population Dynamics of Arctic Foxes

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Samelius, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2004
• Subjects: Age; Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal ecology; Animal food; Animal live-capture; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Animal tagging; Arctic foxes; Biological sampling; Bird nesting; Blood; Carbon; Denning; Isotopes; Jennifer Robinson Memorial Scholarship; Lemmings; Lesser Snow Geese; Nitrogen; Pelage; Predation; Rodentia; Ross' Geese; Seasonal variations; Size; Temporal variations; Tundra ecology; Wildlife habitat; Wildlife management; Karrak Lake region; Nunavut; Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary; Arctic; Canada; Queen Maud Gulf; Karrak Lake; Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary; Arctic Fox; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63581

. The main objectives of my work are to examine (1) how arctic foxes use seasonally abundant foods and (2) how seasonal and annual fluctuations in food abundance affect foraging behaviours and population dynamics of arctic foxes. I am especially interested in how arctic foxes use geese and their egg...