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Size and weight of Arctic foxes Alopex lagopus from the west Svalbard coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Karl Frafjord
Karl Frafjord
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Norwegian Polar Research Institute, P.O. Box 158, N-1330 Oslo Lufthavn, Norway
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Polar Record , Volume 28 , Issue 164 , January 1992 , pp. 68 - 70
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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