The Future of Peary Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) in a Changing Climate

• Main Author: Lee E. Harding
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Key Words; Peary caribou; Rangifer tarandus pearyi; Arctic; climate; weather; population trends; Peary; Global warming; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.173.2071; http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/400484/harding_edited_final_april_19.pdf

In the last half century, trends in mean temperature (increasing), snowfall (increasing), and snow cover (decreasing) that are consistent with global warming predictions have been observed in the Arctic (Brown and Alt 2001; Gitay et al. 2002; Whitfield et al. 2002). Additionally, climate variability in the Arctic has increased: there has been a significant increase in the number of thaw