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Description: |
x, 218 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
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General Note: |
Held May 22-25, 1983, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Status of the muskox in Greenland / Henning Thing, Poul Henrichsen and Poul Lassen -- Status of muskoxen in Sweden / Nils G. Lundh -- Muskoxen in captivity in Europe and Asia, April 1983 / Einar Alendal -- Muskoxen in the USSR, some results of and perspectives on their introduction / Sava M. Uspenski -- Status of muskoxen in Alaska / Timothy E. Smith -- Muskox distribution and population structure in Jameson Land, northeast Greenland, 1981-1983 / Poul Lassen -- Proposed regulations for protection of muskoxen in Jameson Land, east Greenland / Hanne Petersen -- Extinction of Svalbard muskoxen through competitive exclusion : an hypothesis / David R. Klein and Hans Staaland -- The results of the first stage muskox acclimatization on the Taimyr, USSR / G.D. Yakushkin -- Aspects of the management of muskoxen in the Northwest Territories / Anne Gunn -- Possible causes and consequences of an expanding muskox population, Queen Maud Gulf area, Northwest Territories / Anne Gunn, Robert Decker and Thomas W. Barry -- Management of muskoxen in Alaska / John W. Coady and Robert A. Hinman -- Population status and management of muskoxen on Nunivak Island, Alaska / Timothy E. Smith -- Muskoxen of northwestern Alaska : transplant success, dispersal, and current status / Carl A. Grauvogel -- Population status of muskoxen in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska / Patricia E. Reynolds and Donald E. Ross -- Fetal twinning rates, pregnancy rates, and fetal sex ratios in two Alaskan muskox populations / W. Bruce Dinneford and David A. Anderson -- Age determination of muskoxen from dental cementum annuli / Ruth M. Gronquist and W. Bruce Dinneford -- Food and habitat selection by muskoxen in Jameson Land, northeast Greenland : a preliminary report / Henning Thing -- Feeding ecology of the Taimyr muskoxen / Victor V. Rapota -- Summer food habits of muskoxen in northeastern Alaska / Martha A. Robus -- The characterization of muskox habitat based on vegetation description / Constance M. O'Brien -- Distribution, movements and herd dynamics of radio-collared muskoxen in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge / Patricia E. Reynolds -- Home range affinity in a recently established muskox herd in arctic Alaska / Kent Jingfors -- Competition between caribou and muskoxen, Melville Island, NWT, Canada / Donald C. Thomas and Janet E. Edmonds -- Activity pattern of muskoxen during continuous summer daylight in northeast Greenland / Benoît Sittler and Christian Kempf -- Observations of cow-calf behavior in free-ranging muskoxen / Kent Jingfors -- Behavioral sex differences in muskox calves / Viktor Reinhardt -- Dominance fighting in muskoxen of different social status / David R. Gray -- Muskox defense formations in response to helicopters in the Canadian High Arctic / Frank L. Miller and Anne Gunn -- Muskox responses to a seismic test operation : preliminary observations / Kent Jingfors and Poul Lassen -- Body size, proportions, and conformation of the tundra muskox / Jerry N. McDonald and Larry E. Freeman -- Muskox chromosomes and evolution / Robert C. Gessain -- The Pleistocene Ovibovinae of western Europe / Evelyne Crégut-Bonnoure -- The giant muskox of Arago Cave, Tautavel, France / Anne-Marie Moigne -- An extinct muskox mummy from near Fairbanks, Alaska : a progress report / Jerry N. McDonald -- Muskox procurement and use on Banks Island by nineteenth century Copper Inuit / Richard T. Will -- The Muskox Domestication Project : an overview and evaluation / Paul F. Wilkinson and Pamela Nunavik Teal -- Muskox medical practices / Robert A. Dieterich -- The establishment of a small research herd of captive muskoxen / Peter F. Flood [and others] -- Clinical program : Western College of Veterinary Medicine muskox project / Gordon J. Glover and Jerry C. Haigh -- Radiological studies in captive muskoxen / Sue Humphreys -- Banks Island muskox harvest 1982 / Stacy Tessaro [and others] -- Immunity and latency in the epizootiology of contagious ecthyma / Randall L. Zarnke -- On contagious ecthyma and its treatment in muskoxen / Trond Jørgensen [and others] -- Dental lesions in muskoxen from natural, introduced and captive populations / Poul Henrichsen and Robert A. Dieterich -- Use of progesterone for diagnosis of pregnancy in muskoxen / Kjell J. Nilsson [and others] -- Reproductive anatomy in female muskoxen / Janice E. Rowell and Keith J. Betteridge -- Food passage rates in captive muskoxen as measured with non-absorbed radio labeled markers / Dan F. Holleman [and others] -- Seasonal changes in voluntary intake and digestibility of diets by captive muskoxen / Robert G. White [and others] -- Nutrition, growth and digestibility in captive muskox calves / Ronald K. Chaplin -- Food conversion efficiency and growth rates of hand-reared muskox calves / Kathleen Frisby, Robert G. White and Barbara Sammons -- Energy metabolism of young muskoxen / Robert G. White, Kathleen Frisby and Kenneth J. Kokjer -- Seasonal changes in water metabolism of captive muskoxen / Robert G. White [and others] -- Modes of thermal protection in newborn muskoxen / Arnoldus S. Blix [and others] -- Discussion sessions. Management policy and practice for wild herds ; Husbandry and medical practices for captive herds ; Research priorities for the future. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Contains 19 full technical papers and 23 expanded abstracts from First International Muskox Symposium held in Fairbanks, Alaska, May 22-25, 1983. Topics include physiology, systematics, ecology, population dynamics, behavior, husbandry, pathology, and management of muskoxen. |