Antlers on the Arctic Refuge: capturing multi-generational patterns of calving ground use from bones on the landscape

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Miller, Joshua H., Druckenmiller, Patrick, Bahn, Volker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2013
• Subjects: Arctic; Fuller; caribou; Climate change; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0275; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2013.0275; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2013.0275

Bone accumulations faithfully record historical ecological data on animal communities, and owing to millennial-scale bone survival on high-latitude landscapes, have exceptional potential for extending records on arctic ecosystems. For the Porcupine Caribou Herd, maintaining access to calving grounds...