Glaucous Gulls Kleptoparasiting Arctic Foxes in Magdalenefjorden, NW Spitsbergen

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stempniewicz, Lech, Iliszko, Lech
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: glaucous gull; Larus hyperboreus; arctic fox; Vulpes lagopus; kleptoparasitism; Magdalenefjorden; NW Spitsbergen; goéland bourgmestre; renard arctique; cleptoparasitisme; nord-ouest de Spitsbergen; Arctic; Renard; Alle alle; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; Glaucous Gull; Goéland bourgmestre; little auk; Magdalenefjord*; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63710

Observations were made of glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) stealing little auks (Alle alle) stored in a den by arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Magdalenefjorden, northwest Spitsbergen. Before stealing the spoil, the gulls observed and followed foxes transporting little auks hunted in a nearby colo...