Behavioural Responses to Thermal Conditions Affect Seasonal Mass Change in a Heat-Sensitive Northern Ungulate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  van Beest, Floris M ^a,b   Milner, Jos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT SELECTION; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HEAT STRESS; MOOSE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION; UNGULATE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; FEMALE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84878905990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065972     Document Type: Article

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