Table 1 Origin and duration of the mortality events in the samples of extant ungulates.
# | Species | Locality | Cause of death | Duration | N | SD | CV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rangifer tarandus (barren ground caribou) | Qamanirjuaq population (Canada) | Shot for population control (3/ 1966 - 7/1968) | years | 473 | 4.555 | 0.359 |
2a | Cervus elaphus (elk) | Mount Saint Helens (Washington, USA) | Volcanic eruption 05/18/1980 | 1 day | 63 | 1.054 | 0.089 |
2b | Cervus elaphus (elk) | Pierce and Lewis Counties (Washington, USA) | Natural deaths(1974 -1978) | years | 13 | 2.800 | 0.159 |
3a | Antilocapra americana (pronghorn) | Green River (Wyoming, USA) | Fall from a cliff 11/3/1991 | 1 day | 89 | 0.823 | 0.094 |
3b | Antilocapra americana (pronghorn) | Lamont and Rawlins Counties (Wyoming, USA) | Natural deaths (1969 - 1972) | years | 71 | 3.152 | 0.314 |
4 | Odocoileus hemionus (mule deer) | Cache La Poudre River (Colorado, USA) | Shot from 04/1961 to 04/1965 | years | 49 | 4.706 | 0.261 |
5 | Cervus elaphus (red deer) | Isle of Rum (Scotland, UK) | Winter mortality (1979-2011) | season | 174 | 1.843 | 0.155 |
6 | Cervus nippon (sika deer) | Kinkazan Island (Japan) | Spring mortality in 1984 | season | 69 | 2.242 | 0.122 |
7 | Lama guanicoe (guanaco) | Cardiel lake (Patagonia, Argentina) | Winter mortality in 2000 | season | 91 | 2.246 | 0.176 |
8 | Equus quagga (plains zebra) | West of Mount Rumuruti (Kenya) | Single breeding population | nd | 28 | 3.952 | 0.137 |
