A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species and their Consequences for Arctic Fox Populations of Western Iceland

• Main Author: Jordan, Mikala
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: SIT Digital Collections 2016
• Subjects: Animal Sciences; Animal Studies; Environmental Studies; Place and Environment; Scandinavian Studies; Zoology; Arctic; Hornstrandir; Arctic Fox; Climate change; Iceland; rock ptarmigan
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2448; https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/context/isp_collection/article/3470/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf

Island arctic fox populations are considered to carry the future wellbeing of the global population. Iceland has an island population with two arctic fox eco-types: western/coastal and eastern/inland. The western fox population is protected by the Hornstrandir Nature Reserve; no such protection exis...