Muskoxen in Angujaartorfiup Nunaa, West Greenland: Monitoring, spatial distribution, population growth, and sustainable harvest

Arctic

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 18-26

  Pedersen, C B ^a   Aastrup, P ^b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial survey; Monitoring; Muskoxen; Ovibos moschatus; Population growth; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABILITY; UNGULATE;

ANGUJAARTORFIUP NUNAA; GREENLAND;

OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0034009564     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic830     Document Type: Article

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