Red fox takeover of arctic fox breeding den : an observation from Yamal Peninsula, Russia

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Rodnikova, Anna, Ims, Rolf Anker, Sokolov, Alexander, Skogstad, Gunhild, Sokolov, Vasily, Shtro, Victor, Fuglei, Eva
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2011
• 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; Yamal Peninsula; Arctic Fox; Polar Biology; Tundra; Vulpes lagopus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/4052; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-0987-0

Here, we report from the first direct observation of a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) intrusion on an arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) breeding den from the southern Arctic tundra of Yamal Peninsula, Russia in 2007. At the same time, as a current range retraction of the original inhabitant of the circumpolar tu...