For more than five decades, research has been conducted at Ny-Ålesund, in Svalbard,
Norway, to understand the structure and functioning of High-Arctic ecosystems and the …

Trace mineral imbalances can have significant effects on animal health, reproductive
success, and survival. Monitoring their status in wildlife populations is, therefore, important …

Northern ungulates undergo pregnancy in winter when food supplies are low.
Consequently, females employ a capital breeding strategy that relies upon maternal body …

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have among the longest annual migrations of any terrestrial
mammal as they move from winter ranges to spring calving grounds. Biomonitoring records …

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are a culturally significant food resource for communities in
northern Canada and Greenland. Many barren-ground caribou subpopulations are currently …

Ungulates can respond to changes in food supply by altering foraging behavior, digestive
function, and metabolism. A multifaceted response to an environmental change is …

Nutrition is fundamental to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) management given its
relationship to habitat carrying capacity and population productivity. Ecological Sites (ESs) …

Simple Summary Wild herbivores require minerals to grow and maintain their skeleton and
to catalyze their metabolic reactions. Herbivores acquire minerals from forage plants and …

Copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) are essential trace minerals for the reproduction,
growth, and immunity of mammalian herbivore populations. We examined the relationships …

Ecologists seek to understand the fitness consequences of variation in physiological
markers, under the hypothesis that physiological state is linked to variability in individual …