Estimating fat content of caribou from body condition scores
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Research using 64 barren-ground caribou has found that body condition score and body mass are less reliable individually as a predicator of fatness in older calves and adults than a body reserve index, which is the product of body condition score and body mass. There was found to be a strong relation between fatness and both body condition score and body reserve index, which may be partly connected to the ease with which subcutaneous fat deposits can be palppated. It was possible to distinguish between thin and fat caribou with either body condition score or body reserve index.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1996
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Evaluation of a mark-resighting technique for woodland caribou in Newfoundland
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The Petersen mark-resight technique for estimating the population size of woodland caribou in Newfoundland was evaluated. The degree of the technique's precision was dependent primarily on the number of marked animals resighted. Increasing the number of marked individuals did not reduce the width of confidence intervals unless the total number of animals resighted also was increased. The technique proved to be a cost-effective method for obtaining precise population estimates of woodland caribou and large mammals where sightability bias is low.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 1998
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Habitat use by female caribou: Tradeoffs associated with parturition
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Habitat use, forage characteristics and group size by female caribou during and after the birthing season, were studied.
Publication Name: The Journal of Wildlife Management
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0022-541X
Year: 2001
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