Site Variation in Summer Foods of Arctic Fox, Prince of Wales Island, Northwest Territories

Analysis of 840 arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) feces (scats) from Prince of Wales Island, indicate that collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) are the most frequent food item. Caribou (Rangifer), arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) and ermine (Mustela erminea) were less important. Bird remains were not...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Kennedy, Alan J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
Subjects:
Animal food
Arctic foxes
Denning
Predation
Spatial distribution
Prince of Wales Island
Nunavut
Arctic
Northwest Territories
Alopex lagopus
Arctic Fox
Arctic hare
caribou
Dicrostonyx groenlandicus
Ermine
Lepus arcticus
Mustela erminea
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65622
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Summary:Analysis of 840 arctic fox (Alopex lagopus) feces (scats) from Prince of Wales Island, indicate that collared lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus) are the most frequent food item. Caribou (Rangifer), arctic hare (Lepus arcticus) and ermine (Mustela erminea) were less important. Bird remains were not prevalent in the arctic fox scats. A marked difference was found between prey items at a den site and those recovered in scats from general searches. Caribou remains were more prevalent in scats from a den site because adult foxes were scavenging nearby wolf kills.

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