Long-term fluctuations of a caribou population revealed by tree-ring data

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Morneau, Claude, Payette, Serge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Rivière George; caribou; Rangifer tarandus; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z00-122; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z00-122

We used a dendroecological approach that involved examination of debarking lesions (trampling scars) produced by caribou (Rangifer tarandus) hooves on surficial roots and low branches of conifers to assess caribou activity in the summer range of the Rivière George caribou herd in northeastern Quebec...