Characteristics of foraging sites and protein status in wintering muskoxen: Insights from isotopes of nitrogen

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1546-1556

  Gustine, David D ^a,b   Barboza, Perry S ^a   Lawler, James P ^c   Arthur, Stephen M ^d   Shults, Brad S ^c   Persons, Kate ^d   Adams, Layne G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Health South Alaska Surgery Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; ELEVATION; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

OVIBOS; UNGULATA;

EID: 80053051865     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19215.x     Document Type: Article

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