Influence of body mass and environmental conditions on winter mortality risk of a northern ungulate: Evidence for a late‐winter survival bottleneck

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Kautz, Todd M., Belant, Jerrold L., Beyer, Dean E., Strickland, Bronson K., Duquette, Jared F.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
• Subjects: Original Research; Zimmerman; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7029083/; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6026

1. A relationship between winter weather and survival of northern ungulates has long been established, yet the possible roles of biological (e.g., nutritional status) and environmental (e.g., weather) conditions make it important to determine which potential limiting factors are most influential. 2....