Do wild reindeer exhibit grazing compensation during insect harassment?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-19

  Colman, Jonathan E ^a   Pedersen, Christian ^b   Hjermann, Dag Ø ^a   Holand, Øystein ^c   Moe, Stein R ^c   Reimers, Eigil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

24 hr activity; Body weights; Compensation; Diurnal; Grazing; Harassment; Nocturnal; Norway; Parasitic flies; Rangifer tarandus tarandus; Reindeer; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DEER; GRAZING; INSECT; PARASITE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; INSECTA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; TACHINIDAE; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037288214     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803056     Document Type: Article

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