Nitrogen allocation to offspring and milk production in a capital breeder

• Published in: Ecology
• Main Authors: Taillon, Joëlle, Barboza, Perry S., Côté, Steeve D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/12-1424.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1890%2F12-1424.1; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/12-1424.1; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1890/12-1424.1; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1890/12-1424.1

Nitrogen (N) is a limiting nutrient for many herbivores, especially when plant availability and N content are low during the period of maternal investment, which is common for arctic ungulates. We used natural abundance of N isotopes to quantify allocation of maternal nitrogen to neonatal calves and...