Decay rate of reindeer pellet-groups

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Anna Skarin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2008
• Subjects: faecal pellet group count; habitat use; inventory method; Rangifer; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Kring; Ner; Ammarnäs; Rangifer tarandus; ren
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.28.1.151; https://doaj.org/article/074fdfd5c57149989fe73ae90590ffc3

Counting of animal faecal pellet groups to estimate habitat use and population densities is a well known method in wildlife research. Using pellet-group counts often require knowledge about the decay rate of the faeces. The decay rate of a faecal pellet group may be different depending on e.g. subst...