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Arctic fox - definition and meaning
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There is the Arctic fox , which is confined to the cold Northern regions, and which in winter is white.
Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850
There is the Arctic fox , which is confined to the cold Northern regions, and which in winter is white.
The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North Mayne Reid 1850
The Arctic fox is a valuable furbearer that has been trapped for several hundred years in Svalbard.
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New research from Defenders of Wildlife reveals 16 of those mammals to be extremely or highly vulnerable to the changes warming temperatures will bring, including the polar bear, Arctic fox , lynx and North Slope herds of caribou.
Jamie Rappaport Clark: The Arctic Refuge: A Place Worth Fighting For Jamie Rappaport Clark 2011
Population history and genetic structure of a circumpolar species: the Arctic fox .
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
Population history and genetic structure of a circumpolar species: the Arctic fox .
Genetic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels 2009
Such changes include increased frequency and extent of fires in the northern taiga, displacement northward of active breeding dens of the Arctic fox on the Yamal Peninsula [9], as well as in other areas [10], and replacement of arctic species by boreal species as has occurred in the northern part of the Ob Basin [11].
Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Russian Arctic and sub-Arctic 2009
The red fox has already expanded into the Arctic, probably at the expense of the Arctic fox [169].
Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009
By a strokeable Arctic fox , we spotted exotic bird Georgette Mosbacher, who was wearing a pink Donna Karan dress, pearls and carrying a diamond-encrusted solid gold purse with a gold lion on top.
Socialites Purr at Wildlife Conservation Gala 2009
By a strokeable Arctic fox , we spotted exotic bird Georgette Mosbacher, who was wearing a pink Donna Karan dress, pearls and carrying a diamond-encrusted solid gold purse with a gold lion on top.
Socialites Purr at Wildlife Conservation Gala 2009
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