Data Availability Statement
Data will be archived in movebank at time of publication.
Acknowledgements
Our study was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, the National Geographic Society,
the Polar Continental Shelf
Program, the University of Manitoba Fieldwork Support Program, the
Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) Northern Research Fund, and
the Oakes-Riewe Environmental
Studies Research Award. We thank Parks Canada, the CNSC and Manitoba’s
Wildlife Branch for their logistic and administrative assistance. We
thank the northern trappers, Manitoba Conservation in Gillam, and the
Nunavut wildlife office in Arviat for informing us on the fate of
collared foxes. We are thankful to Audrey Moizan, Megan Dudenhoeffer,
Jill Larkin, Dave Allcorn, LeeAnn Fishback, Grant Fredlund, Sean
Johnson-Bice, David Couper, Jack Batstone, Bill Burger, and Vince
Crichton for greatly appreciated assistance during this study.
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