Influence of body mass and environmental conditions on winter mortality risk of a northern ungulate: Evidence for a late‐winter survival bottleneck

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Kautz, Todd M., Belant, Jerrold L., Beyer, Dean E., Strickland, Bronson K., Duquette, Jared F.
• Other Authors: Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Department of Natural Resources, Safari Club International Foundation, Mississippi State University
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Zimmerman; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6026; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fece3.6026; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.6026; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.6026

Abstract A relationship between winter weather and survival of northern ungulates has long been established, yet the possible roles of biological (e.g., nutritional status) and environmental (e.g., weather) conditions make it important to determine which potential limiting factors are most influenti...