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Caribou and Reindeer Population Cycles Are Driven by Top‐Down and Bottom‐Up Mechanisms Across Space and Time [PDF]

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Anthropogenic change is reshaping the regulation and stability of animal population dynamics across broad biogeographic gradients. For example, abiotic and biotic interactions can cause gradients in population cycle period and amplitude, but this ...
T. J. Clark‐Wolf   +3 more
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Rangifer and human interests

open access: yesRangifer, 2000
This article reviews biological and anthropological literatute on wild and tame Rangifer to demonstrate the powerful effect that this species has had on the imaginations of biologists, social scientists and local hunters.
David G. Anderson
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«Pepper's patches» on Rangifer pelage

open access: yesRangifer, 1986
We describe and give frequencies of occurrence of a rarely-mentioned pattern of spots in Rangifer pelage. We also show that the pattern was well-known to Palaeolithic humans who recorded it in their cave art.
William O. Pruitt, Jr., Hubert Pepper
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Pestivirus infection in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2015
Reindeer species (Rangifer tarandus, Linneus 1758) includes wild and semi-domesticated ruminants belonging to Capreaolinae subfamily of Cervidae family reared in Eurasia (reindeer subspecies) and North America (caribou subspecies).
Magdalena eLarska
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Salivary glands in Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and in Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus)

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
The aim of this investigation was to compare the size of salivaty glands in Svalbard reindeer {Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and in Norwegian reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) in relation to feeding strategy, season and reproductive status.
Svein D. Mathiesen   +6 more
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Rangifer and man: An ancient relationship

open access: yesRangifer, 2003
A long-term relationship between Rangifer and humans is documented in three case studies: the Canadian Barrenlands (8000 years ago to Historic period), Ice-Age France (11 000-19 000 years ago) and Mesolithic Russia (7000¬10 000 years ago).
Bryan Gordon
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Specificity Identification of Cervi Cornu Pantotrichum and Screening of Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus in Dingkundan by Ultra-high Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry [PDF]

open access: yesZhipu Xuebao, 2023
Dingkundan is a traditional Chinese medicine formula consisted of 30 herbs, such as Radix ginseng Rubra, Cervus nippon Temminck, Saffron Stigma Croci and Pseudo-ginseng.
ZHOU Qian-qian;XUE Fei;ZHOU Guang-tao;XIE Ying-ying;MEI Gui-xue;LIN Yong-qiang;WANG Bing
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A decision support tool for assessing cumulative effects on an Arctic migratory tundra caribou population

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2021
As large migratory caribou herds decline globally and regional climate trends point to a warmer future, there is a need and a legislative requirement to ensure impacts of industrial development are fully assessed, particularly with respect to cumulative ...
Don Russell, Anne Gunn, Robert White
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