Second International Muskox Symposium/Deuxième symposium international sur le Boeuf musqué: Introduction
Following the First International Muskox Symposium, held at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in 1983, it was agreed that a second symposium should be held in Canada in 1987 under the general guidance of a committee composed of A. S. Blix, L. Königsson, J. E. Rowell, H. Thing, and R. G. White. Th...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1989
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-153 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-153 |
| Summary: | Following the First International Muskox Symposium, held at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, in 1983, it was agreed that a second symposium should be held in Canada in 1987 under the general guidance of a committee composed of A. S. Blix, L. Königsson, J. E. Rowell, H. Thing, and R. G. White. This symposium, the Second International Muskox Symposium, took place at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, from 1 to 4 October 1987. It was attended by more than 70 people representing nine countries, including all of the circumpolar nations. The symposium covered all aspects of muskox biology ranging from the endocrinology of reproduction to paleontology. It also included a presentation on the takin (Budorcas taxicolor), regarded as the only close relative of the muskox. In all there were 32 papers, 24 posters, a workshop on the management of expanding muskox populations led by Dr. Graeme Caughley, and an informal evening discussion and display on the commercial use of muskoxen.The 14 papers included in this issue are those contributions to the symposium that represent completed original work that falls within the scope of the Canadian Journal of Zoology and is not in press elsewhere. Written accounts of other contributions to the symposium have been printed independently and are bound with reprints of the papers appearing here to form the Proceedings of the Second International Muskox Symposium. Copies of the proceedings may be purchased by writing to the above address.Grateful thanks are due to Janice Rowell, without whom muskoxen would never have become a focus of research in Saskatoon; there would then have been no reason to choose Saskatoon as the symposium site. John Blake, Ron Chaplin, Colleen Stevens, and Patti Wilk played an invaluable part in the local organization. Anne Gunn provided much essential advice and liaison with the Northwest Territories Wildlife Service, who were instrumental in organizing the workshop on expanding muskox populations. Financial support was ... |
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