TY - JOUR AU - Holand, Øystein AU - L’Italien, Léon AU - Weladji, Robert B. AU - Djaković, Natasa AU - Røed, Knut AU - Hovland, Anne Lene AU - Nieminen, Mauri PY - 2012/10/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Shit happens – a glimpse into males’ mating tactics in a polygynous ungulate - the reindeer JF - Rangifer JA - Ran VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.7557/2.32.1.2378 UR - https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2378 SP - 65-72 AB - This is about the two big "guys", Spot and Mika, and their endeavour to propagate their genes during the mating season 2007. They were 6 and 5 years old weighting 172 and 141 kg before rut, respectively. Together with 23 other males (one 5 yrs, two 4 yrs, three 3 yrs, six 2 yrs and eleven 1 yr old) they roamed within a ~15 km2 fenced area competing for access to 87 females. Indeed, the competition was intense and all males present contributed to the dynamic observed. Especially Hot, the heaviest 4 yrs old male weighing 155 kg before rut, played a prominent role - in addition to Spot and Mika, their mating tactics being highly dynamic. However there is no short cut to success - strength have to be coupled with smartness - but shit happens - as we'll see. ER -