| Description |
1 online resource (657 pages) |
| Series |
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series ; v. 50 |
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McGill-Queen's native and northern series.
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| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Donors; Acknowledgments; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Plates; 1 Setting and Background; 2 Taxonomy, Ecotypes, Herds, and Morphology; 3 The Return of Caribou to Ungava after the Last Ice Age; 4 The Abundance and Distribution of Sedentary Caribou; 5 Past Population Fluctuations; At Home in the Wilderness: The Mushuau Innu and Caribou; 6 Causal Factors in Historical Fluctuations; 7 Forage and Range; 8 Body and Antler Growth; 9 Physical Condition; 10 Recruitment, Mortality, and Population Growth; 11 Limiting Factors; 12 The Use of Space |
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13 Environmental Factors in Distribution and Movement14 Optimal Foraging and Predation Risk in the Winter and Growing Season; 15 Spacing Theory of Calving and Migration; 16 Population Regulation; Appendix: Summer Energy Budgets for Lactating Females; Bibliography; Index; The Eruption of the George River Caribou Herd; Ungava; Boundaries of Vegetative Zones; Plant Species Composition of Vegetative Zones; Forest Fires; Mammalian Fauna; Those Other Animals; Native Inhabitants; Ecotypes; Migratory Herds; Morphology; Postglacial Dispersal and Ecotypes; Recolonization; Distribution |
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Disease and ParasitePredation; Differential Mortality of Males and Females; Aerial Surveys and Radio Monitoring; The Centre of Habitation; Range Expansion; Range Contraction; Range Predictability; Calving, Rutting, and Winter Distributions; Movement Routes; Releasing/Expansion Densities; The "Social Stimulus" Concept; Density-Dependent Changes in the Use of Space; Basic Quantification Methods; Seasonal Changes in Mobility; Annual Dispersion and Fidelity in Distributions; Environmental Influences on Seasonal Distributions; Distribution Strategy in Winter; Spacing Strategy in the Growing Season |
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Population Dynamics BackgroundPopulation Dynamics of the Major Herds; Population Regulation and Management; Postglacial Distribution of Ungava Caribou; Historical Distribution; Past Fluctuation of Numbers; Early Explanations; A Recent Hypothesis: Increased Snow Cover; Shortage of Green Forage and Cold Springs; Range Survey, 1988-89; Food Preferences; The Condition of Winter Pastures; The Condition of Summer Pastures; Activity and Energy Budgets; Range Trends; A Look Ahead; The Measurement of Growth and Body Size; Body Size; Fetal Growth; Birth Mass of Calves; Growth of Calves and Yearlings |
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Retarded Growth and CompensationAdult Body Mass; Antler Size; Growth and Demography; Antler and Calving Indexes; Antler Condition Index; Female Antler Casting; Chewing of Antlers; Calving Chronology; Nutrition and Antler Casting; Liver Weights; Fat Cycle; Energy Expenditure during Migration; Migration/Habitat Strategies and Fat Deposition; Fat Deposition Strategies; Trends in Condition Indices; Basic Indices; Pregnancy/Parous Rates; Calf Mortality Statistics; Adult Mortality; Population Growth; The Decline Phase, 1988-93; Starvation; Accidents; Hunting Mortality; Weather Factors |
| Notes |
Competitive Interference at High Densities |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Camps, Lodewijk.
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Luttich, Stuart N.
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| ISBN |
0773576789 |
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9780773576780 |
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