Evaluation of caribou Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus survey methodology in West Greenland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 225-239

  Poole, Kim G ^a   Cuyler, Christine ^b   Nymand, Josephine ^b  

^a Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Barren ground caribou; Census; Greenland; Population estimation; Rangifer tarandus; Sightability; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886624621     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/12-004     Document Type: Review

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