Robert B WeladjiSummaryAffiliation: Agricultural University of Norway Country: Norway Publications
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Global climate change and reindeer: effects of winter weather on the autumn weight and growth of calvesRobert B Weladji
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Norway, PO Box 5025, 1432 As, Norway
Oecologia 136:317-23. 2003..This will likely have an effect on the livelihood of many northern indigenous peoples, both economically and culturally...
No evidence of inbreeding avoidance in a polygynous ungulate: the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)Oystein Holand
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 As, Norway
Biol Lett 3:36-9. 2007....- Milk production and composition in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): effect of lactational stageHallvard Gjøstein
Department of Animal Science, Agricultural University of Norway, P O Box 5025, N 1432 As, Norway
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 137:649-56. 2004..001). The overall increase in milk gross energy content during lactation was 67.6%. The energy output averaged 7996 kJ/day at peak lactation and decreased significantly during the course of lactation (P=0.002)... - Good reindeer mothers live longer and become better in raising offspringRobert B Weladji
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 As, Norway
Proc Biol Sci 273:1239-44. 2006..Our study reveals a more complex relationship between longevity and fitness in large mammals than the simple increase of the number of reproductive attempts when living longer... - Sexual dimorphism and intercohort variation in reindeer calf antler length is associated with density and weatherRobert B Weladji
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P O Box 5003, 1432, As, Norway
Oecologia 145:549-55. 2005..Thus, our results suggest that environmental variation may influence the extent of sexual dimorphism in antler length... - Adaptive adjustment of offspring sex ratio and maternal reproductive effort in an iteroparous mammalØystein Holand
Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Box 5025, N 1432 Aas, Norway
Proc Biol Sci 273:293-9. 2006..Whenever this hesitation is strong enough to increase the frequency of recycling, harvesting is likely to have profound life history consequences... - The relative role of winter and spring conditions: linking climate and landscape-scale plant phenology to alpine reindeer body massNathalie Pettorelli
Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1050, Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway
Biol Lett 1:24-6. 2005..This study underlines the major impact of winter and spring climatic conditions, determining the spring and summer food availability, and the subsequent growth of calves among alpine herbivores... 
Heterogeneity in individual quality overrides costs of reproduction in female reindeerRobert B Weladji
Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, QC H4B 1R6, Canada
Oecologia 156:237-47. 2008....- Feedback effects of chronic browsing on life-history traits of a large herbivoreM Anouk Simard
Département de biologie and Centre d études nordiques, NSERC Produits Forestiers Anticosti Industrial Research, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada
J Anim Ecol 77:678-86. 2008..Such modifications may contribute to maintain high population density of large herbivores following population irruption...