Antler mass of barren-ground caribou relative to body condition and pregnancy rate

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 241-246

  Thomas, Don ^a   Barry, Sam ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antler and body mass; Arctic; Fat indices; Pregnancy rate; Rangifer tarandus; Subarctic

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; HORN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; UNGULATE;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 27144441711     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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