Winter and spring climatic conditions influence timing and synchrony of calving in reindeer.

In a context of climate change, a mismatch has been shown to occur between some species' reproductive phenology and their environment. So far, few studies have either documented temporal trends in calving phenology or assessed which climatic variables influence the calving phenology in ungulate...

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Main Authors: Amélie Paoli, Robert B Weladji, Øystein Holand, Jouko Kumpula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5918797?pdf=render