Food Habits of Arctic Foxes (Alopex Lagopus) on the Western Coast of Svalbard

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Frafjord, Karl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1993
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal food; Animal mortality; Animal waste products; Arctic foxes; Birds; Cannibalism; Denning; Lemmings; Reindeer; Seals (Animals); Svalbard; Arctic; Phoques; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Arctique*; petit pingouin; renard arctique
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64376

Food habits of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) on the western coast of Svalbard were studied in the years 1986-89. Faeces (n=1018) were collected mostly in summer, and food remains were recorded both at dens and elsewhere in the region. The foxes were opportunistic in their hunting and feeding habits,...