Timing and synchrony of parturition in Alaskan caribou

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 287-294

  Adams, Layne G ^a   Dale, Bruce W ^b,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribou; Cervidae; Nutritional condition; Parturition; Rangifer tarandus; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000253426     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382865     Document Type: Article

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