Brief communication A Comparison of digestive Tract Morphology in muskoxen and caribou from

• Main Authors: Hans Staal, Jan Z. Adamczewski, Anne Gunn
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cambridge Bay; Gunn; Hofmann; Northwest Territories; Wilkinson; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; Victoria Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.613.9453; http://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/download/379/368/

muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and caribou (Rangifer tarandus subspp.) coexist, there is a potential for overlap in foraging, particularly at high population densities (Vincent & Gunn, 1981; Staaland & Riis Olesen, 1992). The potential for competition should be greatest in winter, when plant se...