Limiting factors in caribou population ecology
Caribou and wild reindeer populations fluctuate over time. On this fact there is general agreement. Factors responsible for population limitation and subsequent declines have been examined within the framework of animal population theory. There is, however, little agreement when factors limiting spe...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:0d834f988b0341d4b7a501a4e31150a9 2023-05-15T15:53:26+02:00 Limiting factors in caribou population ecology David R. Klein 1991-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.11.4.990 https://doaj.org/article/0d834f988b0341d4b7a501a4e31150a9 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/990 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.11.4.990 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/0d834f988b0341d4b7a501a4e31150a9 Rangifer, Vol 11, Iss 4 (1991) caribou reindeer limiting factors population dynamics hunting predation Animal culture SF1-1100 article 1991 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.11.4.990 2022-12-31T04:33:33Z Caribou and wild reindeer populations fluctuate over time. On this fact there is general agreement. Factors responsible for population limitation and subsequent declines have been examined within the framework of animal population theory. There is, however, little agreement when factors limiting specific populations are generalized to Rangifer populations over broad geographic regions. Comparative examinations of wild Rangifer populations worldwide discloses that factors that have regulated those populations are highly variable between populations, apparently as a reflection of the differences in environmental variables unique to each population. Examples exist of populations where major regulating factors have been climatic extremes, predation, hunting mortality, food limitation, insects, parasites, disease, interspecific competition, and human developmental impacts or combinations of these factors. This diversity of limiting factors affecting caribou and wild reindeer populations is a reflection of the ecologial complexity of the species, a concept that has often been ignored in past efforts to reach management decisions by extrapolation from the limited localized knowledge available on the species. Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Rangifer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Rangifer 11 4 30 |
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Caribou and wild reindeer populations fluctuate over time. On this fact there is general agreement. Factors responsible for population limitation and subsequent declines have been examined within the framework of animal population theory. There is, however, little agreement when factors limiting specific populations are generalized to Rangifer populations over broad geographic regions. Comparative examinations of wild Rangifer populations worldwide discloses that factors that have regulated those populations are highly variable between populations, apparently as a reflection of the differences in environmental variables unique to each population. Examples exist of populations where major regulating factors have been climatic extremes, predation, hunting mortality, food limitation, insects, parasites, disease, interspecific competition, and human developmental impacts or combinations of these factors. This diversity of limiting factors affecting caribou and wild reindeer populations is a reflection of the ecologial complexity of the species, a concept that has often been ignored in past efforts to reach management decisions by extrapolation from the limited localized knowledge available on the species. |
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