scholarly journals Peary caribou, muskoxen and Banks Island forage: Assessing seasonal diet similarities

Rangifer ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas C. Larter ◽  
John A. Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Standing Crop ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Winter Weather ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Considerable Similarity ◽  
Carex Aquatilis ◽  
Banks Island ◽  
Salix Arctica

Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) and muskoxen {Ovibos moschatus) on Banks Island had considerable similarity in their annual diets, with monthly similarities ranging from 17.8-73.3%. Diet similarity was more pronounced in areas of high muskox density {ca. 1.65/km2) than in areas of low muskox density {ca. 0.4/km2). Willow (Salix arctica) and sedge (Carex aquatilis and Eriophorum spp.) represented >80% of the monthly diet of muskoxen. The caribou diet was more diverse, and was dominated by sedge, willow, Dryas integrifolia, and Oxytropis maydelliana, Lichen use was rare, likely as a consequence of low availability on Banks Island. Lichen standing crop was estimated at 2.96 g/m2. The differences in muskox diet between high and low density areas could not be explained by differences in forage distribution or standing crop. We discuss diet similarities of caribou and muskoxen and potential consequences for the current Peary caribou population in relation to winter weather conditions and increasing muskox density.

scholarly journals Population survey of Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, July 2010

Rangifer ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Davison ◽  
Jodie Pongracz ◽  
Judy Williams
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Population Survey ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Population Estimate ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Banks Island

We conducted a systematic aerial transect survey of Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) and muskoxen (Ovibus moschatus) on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, in July 2010. The population estimate of adult Peary caribou was 1097 ± 343 (95% Confidence Interval: CI), which is not significantly different from the 2005 estimate of 929 ± 289 (95% CI; P < 0.05). The current number, however, is a 4- to 9-fold decrease since the 1980s. The adult muskoxen population estimate was 36 676 ± 4031 (95% CI), which is significantly lower than the 2005 estimate of 47 209 ± 3997 (95% CI; P < 0.05).

scholarly journals Distribution and abundance of muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) on Graham, Buckingham, and southern Ellesmere islands, March 2015

Rangifer ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morgan Anderson ◽  
Michael C.S. Kingsley
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Ellesmere Island ◽  
Population Estimate ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Coastal Plains ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Ice Cap ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
River Valleys

We flew a survey of southern Ellesmere Island, Graham Island, and Buckingham Island in March 2015 to obtain estimates of abundance for muskoxen and Peary caribou. Generally, muskoxen were abundant north of the Sydkap Ice Cap along Baumann Fiord, north of Goose Fiord, west and north of Muskox Fiord, and on the coastal plains and river valleys east of Vendom Fiord. Although few, they were also present on Bjorne Peninsula and the south coast between the Sydkap Ice Cap and Jakeman Glacier. We observed a total of 1146 muskoxen. Calves (approximately 10-months old) made up 22% of the observed animals. The population estimate was 3200 ± 602 SE (standard error) muskoxen, the highest muskox population size ever estimated for southern Ellesmere, Graham and Buckingham islands. This could be because previous efforts typically surveyed only a portion of our area or focused elsewhere, or the results were provided only as minimum counts rather than estimates of abundance. Regardless, our results indicate that the muskox population has recovered from low levels in 2005 of 312-670 (95% confidence interval [CI]) individuals. Peary caribou abundance appears to be low.  We only saw 38 Peary caribou during our 2015 survey. This confounds appraisal of possible abundance change since 2005, when 109-442 caribou (95% CI) were estimated to inhabit the same surveyed area. We estimated 183 ± 128 SE Peary caribou, and suggest that their numbers are likely stable at low density on southern Ellesmere Island.

scholarly journals A test of the herbivore optimization hypothesis using muskoxen and a graminoid meadow plant community

Rangifer ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Standing Crop ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
Central Banks ◽  
North Central ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Banks Island ◽  
Shoot Tissue ◽  
Tissue Removal ◽  
Below Ground ◽  
Herbivore Optimization

A prediction from the herbivore optimization hypothesis is that grazing by herbivores at moderate intensities will increase net above-ground primary productivity more than at lower or higher intensities. I tested this hypothesis in an area of high muskox {Ovibos moschatus) density on north-central Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada (73&deg;50'N, 119&deg;53'W). Plots (1 m2) in graminoid meadows dominated by cottongrass (Eriophorum triste) were either clipped, exposed to muskoxen, protected for part of one growing season, or permanently protected. This resulted in the removal of 22-44%, 10-39%, 0-39% or 0%, respectively, of shoot tissue during each growing season. Contrary to the predictions of the herbivore optimization hypothesis, productivity did not increase across this range of tissue removal. Productivity of plants clipped at 1.5 cm above ground once or twice per growing season, declined by 60+/-5% in 64% of the tests. The productivity of plants grazed by muskoxen declined by 56+/-7% in 25% of the tests. No significant change in productivity was observed in 36% and 75% of the tests in clipped and grazed treatments, respecrively. Clipping and grazing reduced below-ground standing crop except where removals were small. Grazing and clipping did not stimulate productivity of north-central Banks Island graminoid meadows.

РАДИОУГЛЕРОДНЫЕ ДАТИРОВКИ ПАЛЕОНТОЛОГИЧЕСКИХ ОБРАЗЦОВ ВЕРХНЕГО ПЛЕЙСТОЦЕНА НИЖНЕЙ ОБИ

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zolnikov ◽  
◽  
A. Vybornov ◽  
A. Anoikin ◽  
A. Postnov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Western Siberia ◽  
Budker Institute ◽  
Mammuthus Primigenius ◽  
Upper Pleistocene ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
The North

In the course of studies conducted by IAET SB RAS in the Lower Ob in 2016–2019, the understanding of the conditions for settlement of the Paleolithic population in the north of Western Siberia was significantly supplemented. Dating of a series of paleontological finds was carried out at the "Accelerated mass spectrometer of the Budker Institute of Nucle- ar Physics of SB RAS". The dates obtained show the distribution of the main representatives of the Upper Pleistocene fauna of Subarctica: Mammuthus primigenius – 50,000–15,000 BP, Coelodonta antiquitatis – 43,000–38,000 BP and 27,000–25,000 BP, Rangifer tarandus, Equus ferus – 40,000–10,000 BP, Bison sp. – 50,000–40,000 BP, Ovibos moschatus – 41,000–32,000 BP.

scholarly journals Testing of microencapsulated phase-change heat storage in experimental model houses under winter weather conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 108119
Author(s):  
Bence Németh ◽  
Aurél Ujhidy ◽  
Judit Tóth ◽  
János Gyenis ◽  
Tivadar Feczkó
Keyword(s):  
Phase Change ◽  
Experimental Model ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Winter Weather

Winter weather conditions and myocardial infarctions

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl-Göran Ohlson ◽  
Lennart Bodin ◽  
Ing-Liss Bryngelsson ◽  
Marie Helsing ◽  
Lars Malmberg
Keyword(s):  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Myocardial Infarctions ◽  
Winter Weather

Is there a cost of parasites to caribou?

Parasitology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. HUGHES ◽  
S. D. ALBON ◽  
R. J. IRVINE ◽  
S. WOODIN
Keyword(s):  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Parasite Species ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Apparent Competition ◽  
Range Shift ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Contributory Factor ◽  
Ovibos Moschatus ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Nematode Parasites

SUMMARYMacroparasites potentially play a significant but often ignored role in the ecology and dynamics of wild ruminant populations. In the Arctic, parasites may impact on host populations by exacerbating the effects of seasonal and limited forage availability on the condition, fecundity and survival of individuals. We studied the effects of abomasal nematode parasites and warble flies, Hypoderma tarandi, on condition and pregnancy of caribou Rangifer tarandus in the Dolphin-Union herd, Nunavut, Canada. By the end of winter, female caribou over 2 years old showed a significant decrease in body weight with increasing nematode burden, and a decrease in back fat depth with increasing warble abundance. These effects were exaggerated in the non-pregnant fraction of the population. High warble larvae burdens were also associated with significantly reduced probability of being pregnant. Our research demonstrates a negative relationship between parasites and caribou condition that may have consequences for their fitness. Additionally, we discuss the possibility that muskox Ovibos moschatus share some parasite species with the caribou and could lead to elevated burdens in the sympatric host. Parasites may have been a contributory factor in a previous winter range-shift of the caribou herd and this may reflect a form of apparent competition between the two ungulate species.

Spatial heterogeneity of low-density populations of Melanoplus sanguinipes (Orthoptera: Acrididae) associated with grazing and vegetation treatments

2001 ◽  
Vol 133 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-855 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis J. Fielding ◽  
M.A. Brusven ◽  
Bahman Shafii ◽  
William J. Price
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Vegetation Type ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Rangeland Management ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Melanoplus Sanguinipes ◽  
Nymphal Stage ◽  
Dry Conditions

AbstractThe objectives of this study were to determine whether the spatial distribution of Melanoplus sanguinipes F., the most abundant species of grasshopper on rangeland in southern Idaho, varied annually in response to changing patterns of grazing and to investigate how vegetation affects the spatial distribution of low-density populations of M. sanguinipes at scales relevant to most rangeland-management activities. A lattice of 72 sites was established across nine pastures, covering approximately 5000 ha. At each site, densities of M. sanguinipes, percent canopy coverage by plant species, and percent forage utilization by livestock were estimated twice per year, in June when M. sanguinipes was in the nymphal stage and in August during the adult stage, for 4 years, 1991–1994. Spatial analyses of variance were used to evaluate the influence of grazing and vegetation type on densities of M. sanguinipes. In August of each year, densities of M. sanguinipes were lower on heavily grazed sites than on lightly grazed sites, except in 1993, when the opposite trend was observed. Above-normal precipitation in 1993 resulted in abundant growth of annual forbs and regrowth of grazed plants. The distribution of nymphs in June of 1993 and 1994 reflected the grazing patterns of the previous summer. Densities of M. sanguinipes were lower on crested wheatgrass habitats than on annual grasslands for every sampling period from June 1991 to June 1993, after which no differences were observed. We interpret the results to suggest that grazing effects on low-density populations of M. sanguinipes were contingent on weather conditions; under dry conditions, grazed habitats were less favorable to M. sanguinipes but, during relatively cool wet summers, grazing created conditions that were more favorable to M. sanguinipes.

scholarly journals Determining Effects of Winter Weather Conditions on Adult Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) Survival in Connecticut and Maine, USA

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Megan Linske ◽  
Scott Williams ◽  
Kirby Stafford ◽  
Charles Lubelczyk ◽  
Elizabeth Henderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum ◽  
Snow Accumulation ◽  
Adult Survival ◽  
Winter Weather ◽  
Hourly Temperature ◽  
Significant Difference

The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum L.) is native to the United States, with its primary range encompassing the Southeast and portions of the Midwest. It is an aggressive ectoparasite that actively seeks out hosts through detection of carbon dioxide and vibrations and can transfer ehrlichiosis-causing bacteria as well as a carbohydrate that causes alpha-gal syndrome (red meat allergy) in humans. It has become of increasing concern as its range has recently expanded into coastal regions of the Northeast. Historically, harsh northeastern winter weather conditions made these areas inhospitable for A. americanum survival, but a warming climate coupled with increased host availability seem to have facilitated their range expansion. We developed a study to observe the effects of weather conditions on adult A. americanum overwintering survival. The study was conducted over three years in Connecticut and Maine. Ground-level conditions were manipulated to determine the effects of differing combinations of natural insulative barriers (leaf litter and snow accumulation) on adult A. americanum survival. We determined that there was a significant difference in survival between the two states, between years in Maine, and between sexes within Connecticut. However, presence or absence of snow and/or leaf litter had no impact on survival. Overall, we found a positive correlation between mean hourly temperature and adult survival in Maine, where temperatures were consistently below freezing. The results of this study can be included in an adaptive, predictive analytic model to accommodate the expected fluctuations and range expansion of A. americanum that will most likely accompany an increase in temperatures throughout the Northeast.

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