EVIDENCE OF OVERWINTER GROWTH IN PEARY CARIBOU, RANGIFER-TARANDUS-PEARYI, CALVES

Authors
LARTER NC NAGY JA
Citation
Nc. Larter et Ja. Nagy, EVIDENCE OF OVERWINTER GROWTH IN PEARY CARIBOU, RANGIFER-TARANDUS-PEARYI, CALVES, Canadian field-naturalist, 109(4), 1995, pp. 446-448
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
109
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
446 - 448
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1995)109:4<446:EOOGIP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Female Peary Caribou calves were collected on Banks Island during earl y winter (November-December 1993) and midwinter (February 1994). Calve s collected in February (aged 8 months) had significantly larger femur , tibia, and metatarsus bones than those collected in November/Decembe r (aged 5-6 months), possibly indicating overwinter growth.