The relationship between fertility and fat reserves of Peary caribou

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Author: Thomas, Donald C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Peary; caribou; Queen Elizabeth Islands; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-089; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-089

There was a close association between pregnancy rates and levels of fat reserves and body weights in Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) collected in the late winters of 1974 through 1977 on several islands in the Canadian Arctic. Pregnancy rates were <8% in adult (>2 years) femal...