Evaluating capture stress and its effects on reproductive success in Svalbard reindeer

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-85

  Omsjoe, E H ^a   Stien, A ^b   Irvine, J ^c   Albon, S D ^c   Dahl, E ^a   Thoresen, S I ^a   Rustad, E ^a   Ropstad, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPTURE METHOD; DEER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HANDLING STRESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 65349137558     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-139     Document Type: Article

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