Variations in calf body mass in migratory caribou : the role of habitat, climate, and movements

• Published in: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
• Main Authors: Couturier, Serge, Côté, Steeve D., Otto, Robert D., Huot, Jean, Weladji, Robert B.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2020
• Subjects: Body mass; Caribou; Migration; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO); Rangifer tarandus; Snow; Caribou des bois > Poids; Caribou des bois > Écophysiologie; Caribou des bois > Développement; Caribou des bois > Croissance; Faons; Canada; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/66380; https://doi.org/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-279.1

Individual differences in body mass exert a major influence on several life-history traits of mammals. We investigated the factors influencing variation in body mass of calves of migratory caribou (Rangifer tarandus) at birth (June, 19 years of data) and in autumn (October, 15 years of data) in the...