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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Qiviut Trace and Macro Element Profile Reflects Muskox Population Trends.

Eleanor R Dickinson, Jesper Bruun Mosbacher, Colleen Arnison, Kimberlee Beckmen, Steeve D Côté, Juliette Di Francesco, Sophia V Hansson, Elham Z Jahromi, David W Kinniburgh, Gäel Le Roux and 7 more

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Eleanor R DickinsonFaculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5183-5049
Jesper Bruun MosbacherFram Centre Norwegian Polar Institute Tromsø Norway.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-2897
Colleen ArnisonParks Canada Inuvik Northwest Territories Canada.
Kimberlee BeckmenAlaska Department of Fish and Game Fairbanks Alaska USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-7883
Steeve D CôtéCaribou Ungava, Département de Biologie & Centre d'études Nordiques Université Laval Quebec Quebec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-1917
Juliette Di FrancescoFaculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
Sophia V HanssonCentre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement Université de Toulouse, CNRS UMR 5300, IRD, Toulouse INP, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UT3) Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5874-0720
Elham Z JahromiAlberta Centre for Toxicology University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.
David W KinniburghAlberta Centre for Toxicology University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6701-4262
Gäel Le RouxCentre de Recherche sur la Biodiversité et l'Environnement Université de Toulouse, CNRS UMR 5300, IRD, Toulouse INP, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier (UT3) Toulouse France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1579-0178
Lisa-Marie LeclercDepartment of Environment Government of Nunavut Kugluktuk Northwest Territories Canada.
Fabien MavrotFaculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6066-9898
Niels M SchmidtDepartment of Ecoscience and Arctic Research Centre Aarhus University Roskilde Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4166-6218
Michael J SuitorFish and Wildlife Environment Yukon Whitehorse Yukon Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7463-8320
Joëlle TaillonService de la Gestion des Espèces et des Habitats Terrestres Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs Quebec Quebec Canada.
Matilde TomaselliFaculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5953-6171
Susan J KutzFaculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2352-8687

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the drivers influencing ungulate population dynamics is crucial for developing conservation and management strategies to support wildlife health. Trace and macro elements are vital for ungulate growth, reproduction and survival. Thus, the trajectory of wildlife populations may be associated with element imbalances. Element concentrations can be measured in hair, an increasingly recognised bio-monitoring tool. However, a better understanding of the relevance for wild ungulate population dynamics is needed. This study aimed to assess if element profiles in hair reflected the population trajectory of a keystone Arctic ungulate, muskox

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hair mineralsnon‐invasive bio‐monitoringOvibos moschatuspopulation trajectoryungulatewildlife nutrition

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PMID39991449
PMCPMC11842511

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