Body size variations in caribou ecotypes and relationships with demography

• Published in: Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Couturier, Serge, Otto, Robert D., Côté, Steeve D., Luther, Glenn, Mahoney, Shane P.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Society 2020
• Subjects: Annual range; Caribou; Labrador; Migration; Morphology; Movement; Québec; Rangifer tarandu; Caribou des bois > Taille; Caribou des bois > Écophysiologie; Canada; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/40365; https://doi.org/10.2193/2008-384

In many vertebrates size is one of the most influential and variable individual characteristics and a strong determinant of reproductive success. Body size is generally density dependent and decreases when intraspecific competition increases. Frequent and long‐distance movements increase energy expe...