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Energy expenditure in reindeer walking on roads and on tundra
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The oxygen consumption, VO 2, of two adult female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus L.) was measured while walking on roads, wet and dry tundra, and on level ground and gradients of 5 and 9%. The oxygen cost of horizontal walking on the road (S, 0.099 ± 0.009 ml O 2/g per kilometre) was 14% higher than that for the interspecies line for mammals given by S = 8.46 W−0.4, where W is body weight (grams). S increased significantly to 0.112 and 0.137 for horizontal walking on dry and wet tundra, respectively. In two human subjects, the oxygen cost of horizontal walking on roads (S, 0.096 ± 0.013) was similar to reindeer; however, on dry tundra S increased 40% more than in reindeer. The mechanical efficiency of reindeer walking up 5 and 9% grades was 50 and 32%, respectively, and the VO 2 in walking up a 5% gradient was 1.4 times greater than walking down; the VO 2 in walking up a 9% gradient was 1.9 times greater than walking down. Resting metabolism of the two reindeer used in walking experiments varied markedly (120–204 kcal (502–854 kJ)/kg 0.75 per day); for a group of four adult female reindeer taken from late summer grazing, resting metabolism was 125 ± 8 kcal (523 kJ)/kg 0.75 per day, which was similar to previous estimates for reindeer.
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- Authors
- White, R. G., & Yousef, M. K.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Published
- 1978-02-01
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 215-223
- ISSN
- 0008-4301 (ISSN-L)
- 1480-3283
- OpenAlex
- W2049679718
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- 67
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- FWCI
- 2.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Canadian Journal of Zoology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Polar Programs
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- reindeer, energy expenditure, oxygen consumption, walking, tundra, mechanical efficiency, slope walking, resting metabolism, cross-species comparison, human walking
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