Table 1.
Reindeer breeding herd structure during the rut at the 10 manipulated treatments. (Mass (kg) gives the live body mass in mid-September, just prior to the rut and age is given in years.)
| females | males | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| treatment | year | number | average age | average mass | number | 1 year | 2 years | 3 years | 4 years | 5 years | mass range | average mass |
| 1 | 1996 | 46 | 5.1 | 76.9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74–99 | 79.5 |
| 2 | 1996 | 43 | 5.1 | 79.5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 75–140 | 103.8 |
| 3 | 1997 | 47 | 4.5 | 75.8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75–76 | 75.3 |
| 4 | 1997 | 47 | 4.5 | 73.6 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59–139 | 84.6 |
| 5 | 1998 | 81 | 4.7 | 79.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 102–138 | 118.7 |
| 6 | 1999 | 75 | 4.6 | 74.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 120–140 | 131.0 |
| 7 | 2000 | 75 | 4.5 | 76.8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61–68 | 64.3 |
| 8 | 2001 | 80 | 5.2 | 83.6 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68–89 | 79.2 |
| 9 | 2002 | 92 | 5.1 | 84.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 75–105 | 100.3 |
| 10 | 2003 | 53 | 5.5 | 80.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 95–120 | 108.5 |