Evidence for and possible causes of increased mortality of bull muskoxen during severe winters

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Gunn, Anne, Miller, Frank L., McLean, Bruce
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1989
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Prince of Wales Island; Four Islands; Arctic Archipelago; muskox; ovibos moschatus; Melville Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z89-157; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z89-157

Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) were classified by sex and age at 12 locations on four islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories. We classified 147 muskoxen on Bailey Point, southwestern Melville Island, and 92 on northeastern Prince of Wales Island in August 1983. We subsequentl...