Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds

Data on seven external body measurements of caribou from six woodland and two barren-ground caribou herds from Yukon, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia were compared. Comparisons between females in the fall and winter and mature males in the fall revealed that (1) barren-ground Porcupine caribou...

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Main Authors: David A. Gauthier, Richard F. Farnell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1986-06-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/637
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spelling doaj-72c0fe65d05342199c707d162e3e56672020-11-25T00:28:03ZengSeptentrio Academic PublishingRangifer1890-67291986-06-016210.7557/2.6.2.637592Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herdsDavid A. GauthierRichard F. FarnellData on seven external body measurements of caribou from six woodland and two barren-ground caribou herds from Yukon, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia were compared. Comparisons between females in the fall and winter and mature males in the fall revealed that (1) barren-ground Porcupine caribou were consistently smaller than caribou from other herds, (2) British Columbia and Alberta caribou tended to be larger than Yukon caribou, or the Alaskan caribou studied, (3) central Yukon caribou were intermediate in body size, (4) no difference was found between Yukon «mountain» and «woodland» type caribou in body size, and (5) the barren-ground Fortymile caribou were more similar in physical characteristics to Yukon woodland or mountain caribou than to those of the barren-ground Porcupine herd. These data support Banfield's (1961) view of a gradient of decreasing physical size from the northern British Columbia — Alberta herds through the Yukon mountain or woodland herds to the northern barren-ground herds.https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/637morphologycariboubody measurementbarren-ground cariboumountain and woodland cariboutaxonomy
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author David A. Gauthier
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Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
Rangifer
morphology
caribou
body measurement
barren-ground caribou
mountain and woodland caribou
taxonomy
author_facet David A. Gauthier
Richard F. Farnell
author_sort David A. Gauthier
title Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
title_short Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
title_full Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
title_fullStr Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds
title_sort comparison of caribou physical characteristics from yukon and neighboring caribou herds
publisher Septentrio Academic Publishing
series Rangifer
issn 1890-6729
publishDate 1986-06-01
description Data on seven external body measurements of caribou from six woodland and two barren-ground caribou herds from Yukon, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia were compared. Comparisons between females in the fall and winter and mature males in the fall revealed that (1) barren-ground Porcupine caribou were consistently smaller than caribou from other herds, (2) British Columbia and Alberta caribou tended to be larger than Yukon caribou, or the Alaskan caribou studied, (3) central Yukon caribou were intermediate in body size, (4) no difference was found between Yukon «mountain» and «woodland» type caribou in body size, and (5) the barren-ground Fortymile caribou were more similar in physical characteristics to Yukon woodland or mountain caribou than to those of the barren-ground Porcupine herd. These data support Banfield's (1961) view of a gradient of decreasing physical size from the northern British Columbia — Alberta herds through the Yukon mountain or woodland herds to the northern barren-ground herds.
topic morphology
caribou
body measurement
barren-ground caribou
mountain and woodland caribou
taxonomy
url https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/637
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