Nursing by Muskox Calves before, during, and after Helicopter Overflights
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Nursing bouts by 15 muskox (Ovibos moschatus) calves were measured to evaluate potential use of nursing behaviour as an indicator f muskox responses to helicopters. The muskox calves nursed 225 times during 313 hours of bservation: 63% under undisturbed conditions; 12% when helicopter overflights took place; and 25% following those overflights. During exposure to the helicopter, the calf moved to the cow and then sometimes took the opportunity to nurse. Younger calves nursed relatively longer and more often than older calves; they also performed 68% of the nursings that occurred during helicopter overflights. Frequency a d duration of nursing bouts are known to be related to the age of calves. This paper demonstrates that these aspects of nursing vary within or among muskox herds and concludes that observations of nursing at this level of effort cannot be employed with any confidence as a monitoring indicator of muskox response to helicopters.
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