Calibration of hunters' impressions with female caribou body condition indices to predict probability of pregnancy

Arctic

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 233-241

  Lyver, P O'B ^a,b   Gunn, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body condition; Caribou; D nes ine; Herd well being; Hunters' impressions; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY CONDITION; HUNTING; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; PREGNANCY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 4644270588     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic500     Document Type: Article

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