Dolphin and union caribou herd status and trend

Arctic

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-337

  Dumond, Mathieu ^a   Lee, David S ^b  

^a Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^b Department of Wildlife and Environment   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Caribou; Dolphin and union herd; Migration; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Population size estimate; Population trends; Rangifer

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; DEER; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEA ICE; SUBSISTENCE; TRACKING;

CANADA; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS GROENLANDICUS;

EID: 84883826017     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4311     Document Type: Article

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