The effect of trapping on Arctic Foxes in Svalbard : demography and genetics

• Main Author: Meldrum, Elaine Alice
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universitetet i Tromsø 2012
• 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; BIO-3950; Arctic; Austfjordnes; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Austfjord*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/5154

For hundreds of years arctic foxes on the Svalbard archipelago have been hunted and trapped for their warm and attractive fur. However, little is known about the effect that trapping has on this species population structure. Here I assess the effect of trapping on arctic foxes by comparing the demog...