Physical Characteristics of Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus) Dens in Northern Yukon Territory, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Smits, C.M.M., Smith, C.A.S., Slough, B.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1988
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Arctic foxes; Denning; Physical properties; Soil profiles; Soils; Wildlife habitat; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; N.W.T./Yukon; Herschel Island; Yukon; Yukon North Slope; Arctic; Canada; Renard; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Herschel; Inuvialuit; permafrost; renard polaire
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64741

Physical characteristics of arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) dens on Herschel Island and the Yukon Coastal Plain, Yukon Territory, Canada, are described. The preferred den habitat on Herschel Island is characterized by moderately eroded, sloping, gullied terrain, where foxes select sandy erosional mounds...