Relationship between Conception Date and Latitude in Muskoxen

It has been suggested that muskoxen calve earlier with increasing latitude but the available data do not seem to have been thoroughly analyzed. Therefore, estimated conception dates (K=657) from a wide range of latitudes were compared. The results indicate that conceptions occur about a month earlie...

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Main Authors: Peter F. Flood, Susan C. Tedesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1997-04-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/382