Incidence des fluctuations climatiques sur la taille du renne (Rangifer tarandus) au Pléistocène supérieur

• Published in: Quaternaire
• Main Author: Magniez, Pierre
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Association française pour l’étude du quaternaire 2010
• Subjects: renne (Rangifer tarandus); Pléistocène supérieur; climat; plasticité phénotypique; taille; dimorphisme sexuel; V.S.I; reindeer (Rangifer tarandus); Late Pleistocene; climate; phenotypic plasticity; body size; sexual dimorphism; archeo; Renne; Rangifer tarandus; renne
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4000/quaternaire.5609; http://journals.openedition.org/quaternaire/5609

Current ecological studies show that the ungulate populations undergo the effects of climatic oscillations through the combination of intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Furthermore, the close relationship between body size and environment has been discussed for several years. This led to the elaborati...