Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life
The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a w...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:93079a1ebb214d8887b63bc45ff3524e 2023-05-15T14:36:53+02:00 Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life David R. Klein 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.2.1197 https://doaj.org/article/93079a1ebb214d8887b63bc45ff3524e EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1197 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.16.2.1197 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/93079a1ebb214d8887b63bc45ff3524e Rangifer, Vol 16, Iss 2 (1996) High Arctic Ovibos moschatus Rangifer tarandus insularity adaptability reindeer Animal culture SF1-1100 article 1996 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.2.1197 2022-12-31T09:22:05Z The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a wider range of both forest and tundra habitat types than 0. moschatus, reflecting greater morphological, physiological, and behavioral plasticity. As a consequence, muskoxen have been less successful than caribou and reindeer in maintaining populations at their southern limits. Muskoxen, however, existed throughout Pleistocene glaciations in the cold periglacial steppes of Eurasia and North America and find the closest analog to this vegetation type in the High Arctic, where they have been more successful than R. tarandus in maintaining their populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic caribou ovibos moschatus Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Rangifer 16 2 51 |
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The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a wider range of both forest and tundra habitat types than 0. moschatus, reflecting greater morphological, physiological, and behavioral plasticity. As a consequence, muskoxen have been less successful than caribou and reindeer in maintaining populations at their southern limits. Muskoxen, however, existed throughout Pleistocene glaciations in the cold periglacial steppes of Eurasia and North America and find the closest analog to this vegetation type in the High Arctic, where they have been more successful than R. tarandus in maintaining their populations. |
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Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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