Foraging Behaviours of Wolverines at a Large Arctic Goose Colony

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Samelius, Gustaf, Alisauskas, Ray T., Larivière, Serge, Bergman, Christoffer, Hendrickson, Christopher J., Phipps, Kimberly, Wood, Credence
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2002
• Subjects: wolverine; Gulo gulo; foraging behaviour; food caching; predation; scavenging; Ross’s goose; Chen rossii; lesser snow goose; Chen caerulescens; arctic fox; Alopex lagopus; Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary; carcajou; comportement de recherche de nourriture; dissimulation d’aliments; prédation; récupération; oie de Ross; petite oie des neiges; renard arctique; Refuge d’oiseaux du golfe Reine-Maud; Arctic; Canada; Carcajou; Karrak Lake; Nunavut; Queen Maud Gulf; Reine; Renard; Arctic Fox; Arctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63756

At the large Ross's goose and lesser snow goose colony at Karrak Lake, Nunavut, Canada, we saw wolverines kill two geese, take 13 eggs from 12 goose nests, and take three goose carcasses from two fox dens. Wolverines also made unsuccessful attempts to capture geese and frequently ignored eggs f...