Antlers on female caribou: Biogeography of the bones of contention

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3556-3560

  Schaefer, James A ^a   Mahoney, Shane P ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Environment and Conservation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antlers; Caribou; Horns; Interference competition; Labrador; Newfoundland; Rangifer tarandus; Snow cover; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HORN; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; SNOW COVER; UNGULATE;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0035668322     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3556:AOFCBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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