Factors affecting presence and diet of red foxes and birds of prey. A large scale study in Finnmark

• Main Author: Anda, Jon Kristian
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2015
• 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; Nordkinn; Norway; Sværholt; Finnmark; Northern Norway; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/8419

In absence of top predators, the red fox population reaches a higher number of individuals. The increased presence of red fox, as it invades alpine and tundra ecosystems, might have severe and negative consequences on the ecosystem as a whole. In Finnmark, Northern Norway, immense levels of large he...