Quantitative differentiation of types of feeding craters of Rangifer tarandus fennicus

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: William O. Pruitt, Jr.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1992
• Subjects: reindeer; Rangifer; feeding adaptations; behaviour; winter ecology; snow; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Kainuu; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.12.1.1022; https://doaj.org/article/f61ce0a882874c96bbc60717a8cb7c13

During winter 1983-1984 in the Kainuu region of eastern Finland, based on 1363 api profiles, the Värriö Snow Index (VSI) modelled 3 different types of feeding craters dug by Rangifer tarandus fennicus. When mean log VSI of control sites = < ca. 1.4, the animals used suov'dnji (Lappish) or in...