Interisland movements of Peary caribou ( Rangifer tarandus pearyi ) on western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Miller, Frank L., Russell, Richard H., Gunn, Anne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1977
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canada; Peary; Prince Patrick Island; Eglinton Island; caribou; Queen Elizabeth Islands; Rangifer tarandus; Melville Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z77-131; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z77-131

To verify that Peary caribou were making seasonal interisland movements, we used an aerial dye-spray method. In April 1974, about 230 caribou were dye-marked green, and about 200 were marked red on Prince Patrick and Eglinton islands respectively. Aerial searches in June and July 1974 located 41 sig...