Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life
The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a w...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1197 2023-05-15T14:36:52+02:00 Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life Klein, David R. 1996-01-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1197 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.2.1197 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1197/1137 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1197 doi:10.7557/2.16.2.1197 Copyright (c) 2015 David R. Klein http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 16 Nr 2 (1996); 51-56 Rangifer; Vol 16 No 2 (1996); 51-56 1890-6729 High Arctic Ovibos moschatus Rangifer tarandus insularity adaptability reindeer caribou muskoxen info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1996 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.2.1197 2021-08-16T14:53:01Z The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a wider range of both forest and tundra habitat types than 0. moschatus, reflecting greater morphological, physiological, and behavioral plasticity. As a consequence, muskoxen have been less successful than caribou and reindeer in maintaining populations at their southern limits. Muskoxen, however, existed throughout Pleistocene glaciations in the cold periglacial steppes of Eurasia and North America and find the closest analog to this vegetation type in the High Arctic, where they have been more successful than R. tarandus in maintaining their populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic ovibos moschatus Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Tundra University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Arctic Rangifer 16 2 51 |
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The two ungulate species that occur in the High Arctic, Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus, exhibit considerable adaptive plasticity in response to habitat variability throughout their circumpolar distribution. R. tarandus, however, has a much wider latitudinal distribution and occurs within a wider range of both forest and tundra habitat types than 0. moschatus, reflecting greater morphological, physiological, and behavioral plasticity. As a consequence, muskoxen have been less successful than caribou and reindeer in maintaining populations at their southern limits. Muskoxen, however, existed throughout Pleistocene glaciations in the cold periglacial steppes of Eurasia and North America and find the closest analog to this vegetation type in the High Arctic, where they have been more successful than R. tarandus in maintaining their populations. |
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Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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Arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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arctic ungulates at the northern edge of terrestrial life |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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1996 |
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Rangifer; Årg 16 Nr 2 (1996); 51-56 Rangifer; Vol 16 No 2 (1996); 51-56 1890-6729 |
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