Range shift and winter foraging ecology of a population of Arctic tundra caribou

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Ferguson, Michael AD, Gauthier, Line, Messier, François
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Baffin; Cassiope tetragona; Foxe Peninsula; inuit; Meta Incognita Peninsula; Nunavut; Rangifer tarandus; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z01-013; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z01-013

Some researchers have suggested that over periods of several decades, Arctic tundra caribou (Rangifer tarandus) may be regulated by density-dependent forage depletion. Winter range shifts could potentially delay such regulation when a population is at or near long-term maximum abundance. In the 1980...