Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba
A review is provided of the long-range movements and migratory behaviour of the arctic fox in Manitoba. During the period 1919-75, peaks in population tended to occur at three-year intervals, the number of foxes trapped in any particular year varying between 24 and 8,400. Influxes of foxes into the...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65850 2023-05-15T14:19:18+02:00 Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba Wrigley, Robert E. Hatch, David R.M. 1976-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65850 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65850/49764 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65850 ARCTIC; Vol. 29 No. 3 (1976): September: 129–180; 147-158 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal migration Arctic foxes History Predation Manitoba Northern info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1976 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:49Z A review is provided of the long-range movements and migratory behaviour of the arctic fox in Manitoba. During the period 1919-75, peaks in population tended to occur at three-year intervals, the number of foxes trapped in any particular year varying between 24 and 8,400. Influxes of foxes into the boreal forest were found to follow decreases in the population of their lemming prey along the west coast of Hudson Bay. One fox was collected in 1974 in the aspen-oak transition zone of southern Manitoba, 840 km from Hudson Bay and almost 1000 km south of the barren-ground tundra, evidently after one of the farthest overland movements of the species ever recorded in North America. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Fox Arctic Hudson Bay Tundra University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Hudson Hudson Bay ARCTIC 29 3 |
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A review is provided of the long-range movements and migratory behaviour of the arctic fox in Manitoba. During the period 1919-75, peaks in population tended to occur at three-year intervals, the number of foxes trapped in any particular year varying between 24 and 8,400. Influxes of foxes into the boreal forest were found to follow decreases in the population of their lemming prey along the west coast of Hudson Bay. One fox was collected in 1974 in the aspen-oak transition zone of southern Manitoba, 840 km from Hudson Bay and almost 1000 km south of the barren-ground tundra, evidently after one of the farthest overland movements of the species ever recorded in North America. |
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Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba |
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Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba |
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Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba |
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Arctic Fox Migrations in Manitoba |
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