The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer
The distribution of females with no, one and two antlers was recorded during July 1994 in Svalbard reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, and compared wirh 1974 data from Reimers (1993) and Larsen (1977). On Reinsdyrflya, 50% of the females were anrlerless, 16% one antlered and 34% rwo antlered....
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:93a8eab2db524fb7960a005662f96df1 2023-05-15T18:04:00+02:00 The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer Bente W. Jacobsen Jonathan E. Colman Eigil Reimers 1998-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.2.1449 https://doaj.org/article/93a8eab2db524fb7960a005662f96df1 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1449 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.18.2.1449 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/93a8eab2db524fb7960a005662f96df1 Rangifer, Vol 18, Iss 2 (1998) Svalbard Reindeer Rangifer tarandus R. t. platyrhyncus antler antlerless females Animal culture SF1-1100 article 1998 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.2.1449 2022-12-31T08:52:54Z The distribution of females with no, one and two antlers was recorded during July 1994 in Svalbard reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, and compared wirh 1974 data from Reimers (1993) and Larsen (1977). On Reinsdyrflya, 50% of the females were anrlerless, 16% one antlered and 34% rwo antlered. In Nordenskiold Land, 2% of the females were antlerless, 1% one antlered and 97% two antlered. These percentages have not changed since Reimers' study in 1974 in Reinsdyrflya (Chi square 2= 1.16, P > 0.05) and Nordenskiold Land (Chi square 2 = 1.69, P > 0.05). The reason for the high frequency of anrlerless females on Reinsdyrflya is not understood. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus Reinsdyrflya Svalbard svalbard reindeer Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Svalbard Reinsdyrflya ENVELOPE(13.500,13.500,79.800,79.800) Rangifer 18 6 81 |
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The distribution of females with no, one and two antlers was recorded during July 1994 in Svalbard reindeer, Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus, and compared wirh 1974 data from Reimers (1993) and Larsen (1977). On Reinsdyrflya, 50% of the females were anrlerless, 16% one antlered and 34% rwo antlered. In Nordenskiold Land, 2% of the females were antlerless, 1% one antlered and 97% two antlered. These percentages have not changed since Reimers' study in 1974 in Reinsdyrflya (Chi square 2= 1.16, P > 0.05) and Nordenskiold Land (Chi square 2 = 1.69, P > 0.05). The reason for the high frequency of anrlerless females on Reinsdyrflya is not understood. |
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The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer |
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The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer |
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The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer |
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The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer |
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The frequency of antlerless females among Svalbard reindeer |
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frequency of antlerless females among svalbard reindeer |
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