Quantifying behavior and life‐history events of an Arctic ungulate from year‐long continuous accelerometer data

M Chimienti, FM van Beest, LT Beumer… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bio‐logging technology is now the golden standard for assessing how individual animals
change their movement and behavior over time and space. Three‐dimensional …

Environment and physiology shape Arctic ungulate population dynamics

JP Desforges, GM Marques, LT Beumer… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Species conservation in a rapidly changing world requires an improved understanding of
how individuals and populations respond to changes in their environment across temporal …

Energetics as common currency for integrating high resolution activity patterns into dynamic energy budget-individual based models

M Chimienti, JP Desforges, LT Beumer… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dynamic energy budget individual-based models (DEB-IBMs) provide a well-tested
framework for modelling the acquisition and use of energy throughout the life cycle of …

Seasonal hypometabolism in female moose

AR Græsli, A Thiel, B Fuchs, NJ Singh… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
How animals respond to a changing environment is a key question in ecological research.
Animals living at higher latitudes are exposed to pronounced seasonal differences in both …

Winter is coming: conserving body protein in female reindeer, caribou, and muskoxen

PS Barboza, RD Shively, DD Gustine… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Northern ungulates undergo pregnancy in winter when food supplies are low.
Consequently, females employ a capital breeding strategy that relies upon maternal body …

[HTML][HTML] Body temperature patterns during pregnancy and parturition in moose

AR Graesli, A Thiel, B Fuchs, F Stenbacka… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gestation and lactation have high energetic requirements. Up to three-fourths of the
gestation period in moose (Alces alces) overlaps with the food-scarce period in winter …

Optimizing methods for capturing neonate elk when using vaginal implant transmitters

MT Turnley, RT Larsen, KR Hersey… - Wildlife Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to capture and monitor neonate ungulates has been enhanced by vaginal implant
transmitters (VITs). Improving capture methodology when using VITs will further increase the …

Mother–offspring conflict and body temperature regulation during gestation and lactation in a wild primate

R McFarland, SP Henzi, A Fuller, RS Hetem… - Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological performance of a mother during reproduction represents a trade‐off
between continued investment in her current offspring, and the mother's own survival and …

The Influence of Photoperiod, Intake of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, and Food Availability on Seasonal Acclimatization in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)

K Gasch, M Habe, JS Krauss, J Painer-Gigler… - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Northern mammals and birds withstand harsh winter conditions by
hypometabolism and hypothermia. We investigated in an experimental study with a non …

Determinants of heart rate in Svalbard reindeer reveal mechanisms of seasonal energy management

LM Trondrud, G Pigeon, S Albon… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Seasonal energetic challenges may constrain an animal's ability to respond to changing
individual and environmental conditions. Here, we investigated variation in heart rate, a well …