Growth of wild muskoxen under two nutritional regimes in Greenland

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Carsten Riis Olesen, Henning Thing, Peter Aastrup
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1994
• Subjects: muskox; nutrition; muskoxen; Greenland; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Jameson Land; Angujaartorfiup Nunaa; East Greenland; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.14.1.1126; https://doaj.org/article/90ab46e5a29d4b259da9c2ece746d86f

Growth of muskoxen in Jameson Land, East Greenland (EG) and in Angujaartorfiup Nunaa, West Greenland (WG) is affected by the different nutritional conditions in the two areas. The abundance and availability of forage plants is highest in WG. Muskoxen in WG reach sexual maturity one year earlier than...