Sex ratio variation in reindeer Rangifer tarandus: A test of the extrinsic modification hypothesis

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-36

  Weladji, Robert B ^a   Holand, Øystein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate; Density; Extrinsic modification; Nutritional stress; Rangifer tarandus; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

RANGIFER TARANDUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037353080     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.005     Document Type: Article

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