Reindeer Calf Productivity and Survival on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Factors influencing calf survival are predation, insects, weather, diseases, and-ultimately-dam condition. In addition, reindeer calves on the Seward Peninsula are also subjected to annual herding and handling. The effects of any of these factors were unknown in reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsul...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley B., M.S., Renecker, Lyle A., Ph.D.
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: School of Agriculture and Land Resources Management, Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, University of Alaska Fairbanks 1994
Subjects:
Seward Peninsula
Ursus arctos
Alaska
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2630
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Summary:Factors influencing calf survival are predation, insects, weather, diseases, and-ultimately-dam condition. In addition, reindeer calves on the Seward Peninsula are also subjected to annual herding and handling. The effects of any of these factors were unknown in reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsula. Our objectives were to determine the causes of mortality, particularly through purportedly high grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) predation; and to determine the survival rates of reindeer calves in one herd and provide management recommendations, based on a simple model, attempting to increase the herd numbers.

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