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Winter Is Coming: Conserving Body Protein in Female Reindeer, Caribou, and Muskoxen
Northern ungulates undergo pregnancy in winter when food supplies are low. Consequently, females employ a capital breeding strategy that relies upon maternal body stores of energy and protein for fetal growth. We studied captive female reindeer (Rangifer
Perry S. Barboza +7 more
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Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758) MATERIAL EXAMINED. — NISP =113; MNI =16. 1842 sample: 1 left antler; 3 antler fragments; 1 left talus. 1989-1992 sample: 2 right antlers; 1 left antler; 3 antler fragments; 3 petrosal bones; 1 left P2; 1 left P2-3; 2 right P3-4; 1 right M1-2; 3 left M1-2; 1 right M2; 1 right M3; 1 right i1; 1 left i1; 4 left
Fourvel, Jean-Baptiste +3 more
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Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758). Syst. Nat., 10th ed„ 1:67. TYPE LOCALITY: Sweden, Alpine Lapland (domesticated stock). DISTRIBUTION: Circumboreal, south to Altai Mtns. (U.S.S.R.), N. Mongolia, Heilungkiang (China) (SW) and Sakhalin Isl.; N. Idaho and Great Lakes region (U.S.A.); most arctic islands.
James H. Honacki +2 more
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Cryptic impact: Visual detection of corona light and avoidance of power lines by reindeer
Assessing the impact of human development on animals is complicated by the fact that overt effects may have covert causes. Cryptic impacts (sensu Raiter et al.
Nicholas J. C. Tyler +4 more
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Key note presentations, 10th Arctic Ungualate Conference, Tromsø, Norway, 1999
Two hundred delegates from 14 countries attended and presented more than 150 scientific papers, making it one of the biggest Arctic Ungulate Conferences ever.
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Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Artiodactyla, pp. 637-722 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 660, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Cervidae, pp. 350-443 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 431-432, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo ...
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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Abnormal testes in reindeer, Rangifer tarandus [PDF]
Summary. In a sample of reindeer from South Georgia, 4 males were abnormal in that 1 had bilateral cryptorchid testes, 2 each had 1 cryptorchid testis and 1 had a vestigial testis. The antlers of the cryptorchid males were small, but the antler cycle itself was hardly affected.
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Rutting behaviour in an enclosured group of wild forest reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus Lönnb.) [PDF]
The rutting behaviour of wild forest reindeer {Rangifer tarandus fennicus Lönnb.) was studied 1981 - 83 in a 15 ha enclosure located in Kivijärvi, Central Finland (63° N).
Kojola, Ilpo, Ilpo Kojola
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We synthesize the current knowledge regarding caribou habitat selection in relation to wildfires. Caribou responses to recent burns were generally weak and highly variable across subspecies or ecotypes, suggesting that post‐fire habitat selection is likely context‐dependent and the need for regionally adapted habitat management strategies.
Geneviève É. Degré‐Timmons +9 more
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