Arctic fox reproduction

The objectives of the project is to resume the long term data series on known arctic fox den sites and arctic fox reproduction in Adventdalen/Sassendalen and in Kongsfjorden. The den survey in Sassen/Adventdalen will be conducted in two weeks in July, and in Kongsfjorden it will be conducted in 7 da...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuglei, Eva, Nymoen, Bjørn Anders
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
Subjects:
BIOTA
arctic fox
ecology
biology
terrestrial
EARTH SCIENCE
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES
MAMMALS
CARNIVORES
DOGS/FOXES/WOLVES
BIOSPHERE
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Svalbard
Jan Mayen
Adventdalen
Brøggerhalvøya
Sassendalen
Arctic Fox
Kongsfjord*
Kongsfjorden
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://data.npolar.no/dataset/2e5f4941-9a1d-574b-88ff-b0640d2200c5
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Summary:The objectives of the project is to resume the long term data series on known arctic fox den sites and arctic fox reproduction in Adventdalen/Sassendalen and in Kongsfjorden. The den survey in Sassen/Adventdalen will be conducted in two weeks in July, and in Kongsfjorden it will be conducted in 7 days in July. Arctic fox scats will also be collected from as many locations on Svalbard as possible through other research projects and field parties, in order to do genetic analysis on arctic fox population structure.

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