Seasonal changes in the composition of the diets of Peary caribou and muskoxen on Banks Island

Polar Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 131-140

  Larter, Nicholas C ^a   Nagy, John A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNGULATE;

BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ASTRAGALUS; ASTRAGALUS (ANGIOSPERM); DRYAS INTEGRIFOLIA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; OXYTROPIS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS PEARYI; SALIX; SALIX ARCTICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 11244310670     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2004.tb00003.x     Document Type: Article

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