Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories
As part of an ongoing study of the ecology of boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), we investigated death sites of collared caribou to collect biological samples and determine a cause of death. The teeth collected from 25 adult females that had died since being radio collared were age...
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ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/1884 2023-05-15T17:46:30+02:00 Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories Larter, Nicholas C Allaire, Danny G 2016-11-30 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1884 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i3.1884 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1884/1827 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/1884 doi:10.22621/cfn.v130i3.1884 Copyright (c) 2016 The Canadian Field-Naturalist The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 130 No. 3 (2016); 222-223 0008-3550 Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou Dehcho region old age cementum aging Northwest Territories info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2016 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v130i3.1884 2021-09-02T18:54:43Z As part of an ongoing study of the ecology of boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), we investigated death sites of collared caribou to collect biological samples and determine a cause of death. The teeth collected from 25 adult females that had died since being radio collared were aged by cementum analysis. The age at death for one caribou was 22 years; this was only the second caribou tooth among 42 776 aged at a commercial laboratory found to be that old. An additional six of the 25 caribou were 13–17 years old at time of death. All but one of these seven female caribou had calved at least once during the periodthey were radio collared and monitored. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories Rangifer tarandus The Canadian Field-Naturalist (E-Journal) Dehcho Region ENVELOPE(-121.350,-121.350,61.857,61.857) Northwest Territories The Canadian Field-Naturalist 130 3 222 |
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As part of an ongoing study of the ecology of boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), we investigated death sites of collared caribou to collect biological samples and determine a cause of death. The teeth collected from 25 adult females that had died since being radio collared were aged by cementum analysis. The age at death for one caribou was 22 years; this was only the second caribou tooth among 42 776 aged at a commercial laboratory found to be that old. An additional six of the 25 caribou were 13–17 years old at time of death. All but one of these seven female caribou had calved at least once during the periodthey were radio collared and monitored. |
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Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories |
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Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories |
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Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories |
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Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories |
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Longevity and Mortality of Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) of the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories |
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longevity and mortality of boreal woodland caribou (rangifer tarandus caribou) of the dehcho region, northwest territories |
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Dehcho Region Northwest Territories |
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Dehcho Region Northwest Territories |
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Northwest Territories Rangifer tarandus |
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Northwest Territories Rangifer tarandus |
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