Long-term fluctuations in an arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) population: a matter of diet?

• Main Author: Berthelot, Fanny
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2021
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; Arctic fox; Population fluctuations; Stable isotopes; Diet; Iceland; Isotopic niche; BIO-3950; Arctic; Carbonell; Arctic Fox; Climate change; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/21762

The long-term dynamics of predator populations may be driven by fluctuations in resource availability and reflect ecosystem changes in response to climate change. The Icelandic arctic fox population has known major fluctuations in size since the 1950s, starting with a decreasing period until late 19...