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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| description | 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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| genre | Rangifer tarandus Yukon |
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| geographic | Yukon |
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| spelling | ftjcfn:oai:canadianfieldnaturalist.ca:article/893 2025-01-17T00:25:40+00:00 Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan Rettie, W. James 2004-01-01 application/pdf https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/893 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i1.893 eng eng The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/893/894 https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/893 doi:10.22621/cfn.v118i1.893 The Canadian Field-Naturalist; Vol. 118 No. 1 (2004); 119-121 0008-3550 Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou morphology Saskatchewan info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Short Article 2004 ftjcfn https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i1.893 2021-09-02T18:54:08Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Yukon The Canadian Field-Naturalist Yukon The Canadian Field-Naturalist 118 1 119 |
| spellingShingle | Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou morphology Saskatchewan Rettie, W. James Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title | Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title_full | Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title_fullStr | Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title_short | Morphology of Female Woodland Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Saskatchewan |
| title_sort | morphology of female woodland caribou, rangifer tarandus caribou, in saskatchewan |
| topic | Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou morphology Saskatchewan |
| topic_facet | Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou morphology Saskatchewan |
| url | https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/893 https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v118i1.893 |