Seasonal patterns in nutritional condition of caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) in the southern Northwest Territories and northeastern British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Cook, John G., Kelly, Allicia P., Cook, Rachel C., Culling, Brad, Culling, Diane, McLaren, Ashley, Larter, Nicholas C., Watters, Megan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2021-0057; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2021-0057; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2021-0057

Evaluating nutritional condition provides insights of nutritional influences on wildlife populations. We sampled three measures of condition — body fat, body mass, and loin thickness — of adult female caribou (Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1758)) in boreal settings in the Northwest Territories (NT),...