Reindeer Calf Productivity and Survival on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska

Authors

• Cheryl-Lesley B. Chetkiewicz
• Lyle A. Renecker

Files

Description

Factors influencing calf survival are predation, insects, weather, diseases, and-ultimately-dam condition. In addition, reindeer calves on the Seward Peninsula are also subjected to annual herding and handling. The effects of any of these factors were unknown in reindeer herds on the Seward Peninsula. Our objectives were to determine the causes of mortality, particularly through purportedly high grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) predation; and to determine the survival rates of reindeer calves in one herd and provide management recommendations, based on a simple model, attempting to increase the herd numbers.

Publication Date

11-17-1994

Recommended Citation

Chetkiewicz, Cheryl-Lesley B. and Renecker, Lyle A., "Reindeer Calf Productivity and Survival on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska" (1994). Circulars. 114.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_afes_circulars/114

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2630