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- Title
Predation on ringed seals in subnivean lairs in northwest Alaska during spring 1983 and 1984.
- Authors
Hauser, Donna D. W.; Frost, Kathryn J.; Burns, John J.
- Abstract
Arctic foxes are significant predators of pups in lairs in much of the geographic range of ringed seals (Smith, [25]; Smith et al., [29]). Arctic fox predation of ringed seals occurs on pups at lairs in spring (Smith, [25], [26]; Smith & Lydersen, [30]; Stirling, [32]; Stirling & Archibald, [33]). During unusual warm temperatures and rain events on southeast Baffin Island in April 1972, lairs collapsed prematurely and pups exposed in their subnivean lairs experienced elevated rates of bear and fox predation (Stirling & Smith, [35]). During spring, polar bear predation of ringed seals in the fast ice is focused on pups in lairs (Smith, [25], [26]; Smith & Lydersen, [30]; Stirling, [32]; Stirling & Archibald, [33]).
- Subjects
ALASKA; RINGED seal; SPRING; PREDATION; SEA ice; ARCTIC fox; ANIMAL ecology; ODORS
- Publication
Marine Mammal Science, 2023, Vol 39, Issue 1, p311
- ISSN
0824-0469
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mms.12969