Ecology of muskoxen in Jameson Land, northeast Greenland

• Published in: Ecography
• Main Authors: Thing, H., Klein, D. R., Jingfors, K., Holt, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1987
• Subjects: Greenland; Jameson Land; inuits; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1987.tb00744.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1987.tb00744.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1987.tb00744.x

Muskoxen Ovibos moschatus in Jameson Land exist at a density of somewhat more than 1 km −2 of useable habitat and select moist meadows and snow bed vegetation for summer grazing and wind‐exposed, dry dwarf shrub heath vegetation in winter. Graminoids dominate the winter diet and willows are the main...