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MARC recordSvalbardrein / Nicholas Tyler.
| Title: | Svalbardrein / Nicholas Tyler. |
| Translated title: | Svalbard reindeer. |
| Author(s): | Tyler, Nicholas. |
| Date: | 1993. |
| Language: | Norwegian. |
| In: | Ottar. (1993.), Vol. 195(2) (1993) |
| Abstract: | Svalbard reindeer are longest-lived members of species Rangifer tarandus, whereas males on South Georgia rarely reach full maturity. So not fair to describe their life as lived "on the cliff edge", despite severe climate. They are ill-adapted for flight or migration, but need not do either. They suffer no predation, except for calves taken by foxes, and not much sickness, barring rabies (from foxes) and cancer. The islands have varied feeding areas in many small pockets, which result in small herds and very localised migration. On West coast, climate is very variable for such a northern latitude, which melts and freezes snow, forcing animals to move higher up the hills. Annual death rates can vary enormously, but over time population is stable. Most at risk from starvation - main cause of death - are new-born and old animals whose teeth are badly worn. Long coats, short legs and muzzles and special intestinal flora aid survival. |
| Notes: | Ottar. Vol. 195(2) :51-58 (1993). |
| Keywords: | 591.1 -- Animal physiology. 591.13 -- Animal digestion and inanition. 591.132 -- Digestion, animal. 591.139 -- Animals, ageing. 591.5 -- Animal behaviour. 573.03 -- Periodicity, biological. 591.531.1 -- Herbivores. 591.543.1 -- Animals, influence of temperature. 536.48 -- Low temperature phenomena in living things. 599.735.3 -- Cervidae: Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus. H6 -- Zoology: mammals. (*32) -- Svalbard. |
| SPRI record no.: | 122785 |
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