Central Arctic caribou and petroleum development: Distributional, nutritional, and reproductive implications

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Cameron, Raymond D ^a,b   Smith, Walter T ^a   White, Robert G ^b   Griffith, Brad ^b  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Body condition; Calving; Cumulative effects; Demography; Fecundity; Habitat; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FECUNDITY; HABITAT QUALITY; OIL FIELD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ALASKA; KUPARUK DEVELOPMENT AREA; NORTH AMERICA; PRUDHOE BAY; SAGAVANIRKTOK RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GRANTI;

EID: 16244405302     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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