Alopex lagopus


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Noun1.Alopex lagopus - thickly-furred fox of Arctic regionsAlopex lagopus - thickly-furred fox of Arctic regions; brownish in summer and white in winter
fox - alert carnivorous mammal with pointed muzzle and ears and a bushy tail; most are predators that do not hunt in packs
Alopex, genus Alopex - arctic foxes
blue fox - a variety of Arctic fox having a pale grey winter coat
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2007), making them especially vulnerable to both native and non-native terrestrial predators, including feral cats Felis catus, foxes (Vulpes spp., Alopex lagopus) and rats Rattus spp.
Adiponectin and peptide YY in the fasting blue fox (Alopex lagopus).
2000: The arctic fox (Alopex lagopus): an opportunistic specialist.
Interspecific competition and the geographical distribution of red and Arctic foxes Vulpes vulpes and Alopex lagopus. Oikos 64(3):505-515.
On the influences of Arctic Fox, Alopex lagopus, on the distribution of arctic birds.
A study of the arctic fox, (Alopex lagopus) used 10 microsatellites to detect a genetic bottleneck, distinguish four subpopulations, and recommend the establishment of protected areas for fox populations (Dalen et al., 2006).
Artificial insemination (AI) technology is important to the economic benefits of blue fox vixens (Alopex lagopus).
Alopex lagopus is classified as threatened and in risk of extinction in Sweden and Norway, respectively (Linnell et al., 1999; Gardenfors, 2000).
During 1989-1995, ORV was used in Ontario to progressively eliminate arctic fox (Alopex lagopus)--variant rabies that had spilled into (i.e., had been transmitted to another species) red foxes and spread southward (9).
Comparison between microscopic and automated differential leukocyte counts in the silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) and the blue fox (Alopex lagopus).
Morphology and immunoperoxidase studies of intestinal adenomatosis in a blue fox, Alopex lagopus. Journal of Comparative Pathology, Londres, v.102, p.265278, 1990.