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Muskox status, recent variation, and uncertain future.
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- Riding out the storm: Behavioural responses of a large herbivore to high-Arctic winds.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Tissue-Specific Trace Element Distribution in Wild Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from Dovrefjell, Norway.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- A comprehensive review of Onchocercidae nematodes (Nematoda; Filarioidea) infecting wild ruminant ungulates of North and Central America.International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2026Review
- A Gnawing Question: How Do Caribou and Other Arctic Mammals Exploit Shared Bone Resources?Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Mid-Cenozoic rhinocerotid dispersal via the North Atlantic.Nature ecology & evolution · 2025Article
- Qiviut Trace and Macro Element Profile Reflects Muskox Population Trends.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- A refined guide for aging muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) based on mandibular examination.PloS one · 2025Article
- Chromosomal-level reference genome assembly of muskox (Ovibos moschatus) from Banks Island in the Canadian Arctic, a resource for conservation genomics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Genomic characterization and virulence gene profiling of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae isolated from widespread muskox mortalities in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.BMC genomics · 2024Article
- The geographic distribution, and the biotic and abiotic predictors of select zoonotic pathogen detections in Canadian polar bears.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Effect of Species and Sex on the Element Content of Muskox (Ovibos moschatus) and Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) Tissues.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Metabarcoding of fecal pellets in wild muskox populations reveals negative relationships between microbiome and diet alpha diversity.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- Spatiotemporal influences of climate and humans on muskox range dynamics over multiple millennia.Global change biology · 2022Article
- Herbivores in Arctic ecosystems: Effects of climate change and implications for carbon and nutrient cycling.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2022Review
- Projected bioclimatic distributions in NearcticEcology and evolution · 2022Article
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- Fecal microbiota and diets of muskox female adults and calves.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
- Large herbivores facilitate the persistence of rare taxa under tundra warming.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Congenital cataract and spherophakia leading to starvation in a free-ranging muskox neonate from the Northwest Territories, Canada.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2022Article
- Qiviut cortisol is associated with metrics of health and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors in wild muskoxen (Conservation physiology · 2022Article
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29 authors at 17 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) are an integral component of Arctic biodiversity. Given low genetic diversity, their ability to respond to future and rapid Arctic change is unknown, although paleontological history demonstrates adaptability within limits. We discuss status and limitations of current monitoring, and summarize circumpolar status and recent variations, delineating all 55 endemic or translocated populations. Acknowledging uncertainties, global abundance is ca 170 000 muskoxen. Not all populations are thriving. Six populations are in decline, and as recently as the turn of the century, one of these was the largest population in the world, equaling ca 41% of today's total abundance. Climate, diseases, and anthropogenic changes are likely the principal drivers of muskox population change and result in multiple stressors that vary temporally and spatially. Impacts to muskoxen are precipitated by habitat loss/degradation, altered vegetation and species associations, pollution, and harvest. Which elements are relevant for a specific population will vary, as will their cumulative interactions. Our summaries highlight the importance of harmonizing existing data, intensifying long-term monitoring efforts including demographics and health assessments, standardizing and implementing monitoring protocols, and increasing stakeholder engagement/contributions.
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