Food Availability and Food Hoarding Behaviour by Red and Arctic Foxes

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Sklepkovych, B.O., Montevecchi, W.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
• Subjects: arctic fox; Alopex lagopus; behaviour; caching; food; hoarding; predation; red fox; Vulpes vulpes; seabirds; renard arctique; comportement; réserves; nourriture; stockage; prédation; renard roux; oiseaux marins; Arctic; Manger; Renard; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; Newfoundland; Terre-Neuve
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64254

Both red and arctic foxes cache food. The present and previous studies have documented scatter hoarding (hiding single or small numbers of prey at dispersed sites) and larder hoarding (hiding many prey at or near den sites) by both species. Red foxes resident on an island with a large seabird commun...