Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan

I obtained morphological measurements from captured female Woodland Caribou in central Saskatchewan. I found that only girth was a good predictor of body mass in adult animals. I also determined that Woodland Caribou from Saskatchewan, though similar in size and mass to alpine Woodland Caribou in Yu...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Canadian Field-Naturalist
Main Author: Rettie, W. James
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2004
Subjects:
Woodland Caribou
Rangifer tarandus caribou
morphology
Saskatchewan
Yukon
Rangifer tarandus
Online Access:https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/893
https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i1.893
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Summary:I obtained morphological measurements from captured female Woodland Caribou in central Saskatchewan. I found that only girth was a good predictor of body mass in adult animals. I also determined that Woodland Caribou from Saskatchewan, though similar in size and mass to alpine Woodland Caribou in Yukon, are larger than migratory Woodland Caribou and smaller than forest dwelling Woodland Caribou from western Alberta and Yukon.

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