Nursing behaviour as a predictor of alternate-year reproduction in muskoxen

Andrea B. Schulman; Robert G. White

doi:10.7557/2.17.1.383

Rangifer (Apr 1997)

Nursing behaviour as a predictor of alternate-year reproduction in muskoxen

Andrea B. Schulman,
Robert G. White

Affiliations

Andrea B. Schulman: Large Animal Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA
Robert G. White: Large Animal Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7000, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.383
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 1

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Our finding significant differences in nursing behavior during the post-rut period supports the hypothesis that female muskoxen use factors other than their nutritional condition to determine their reproductive strategy.

Published in Rangifer

ISSN: 0333-256X (Print); 1890-6729 (Online)
Publisher: Septentrio Academic Publishing
Country of publisher: Norway
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture
Website: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer

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