Pregnancy rate as an indicator of nutritional status in Rangifer. implications of lactational infertility

K. L. Gerhart; R. G. White; R. D. Cameron; D. E. Russell; D. van de Wetering

doi:10.7557/2.17.1.381

Pregnancy rate as an indicator of nutritional status in Rangifer. implications of lactational infertility

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K. L. Gerhart Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 (Current address: Department of Avian Sciences, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
R. G. White Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
R. D. Cameron Institute of Arctic Biology, Univetsity of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775, USA
D. E. Russell Canadian Wildlife Service, PO Box 6010, Whitehorse, YT, Canada Y1A 5L7, Canada
D. van de Wetering Canadian Wildlife Service, PO Box 6010, Whitehorse, YT, Canada Y1A 5L7, Canada

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https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.381

Keywords:

arctic, caribou, fecundity, parturition, reindeer, nutritional status, infertility

Abstract

Monitofing pregnancy rates to detect changes in nutrition is best accomplished by sampling lactating females because they will be more responsive to changes in nutrienr availability: nutrition influences pregnancy fate of lactating caribou both through autumn body condition and lactational infertility.

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1997-04-01

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (1997)

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Gerhart, K. L., White, R. G., Cameron, R. D., Russell, D. E., & van de Wetering, D. (1997). Pregnancy rate as an indicator of nutritional status in Rangifer. implications of lactational infertility. Rangifer, 17(1), 21–24. https://doi.org/10.7557/2.17.1.381