Spring migration and subsistence hunting of king and common eiders at Holman, Northwest Territories
ABSTRACT. A subsistence hunt for eiders by Inuvialuit of Holman, Northwest Territories, was observed over three spring harvest seasons from 1996 to 1998 to determine rates of crippling loss and to assess the sustainability of the harvest. King eiders (Somateria spectabilis) are the dominant waterfow...
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2001
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Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.9189 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic54-2-122.pdf |
Summary: | ABSTRACT. A subsistence hunt for eiders by Inuvialuit of Holman, Northwest Territories, was observed over three spring harvest seasons from 1996 to 1998 to determine rates of crippling loss and to assess the sustainability of the harvest. King eiders (Somateria spectabilis) are the dominant waterfowl species harvested. The number of king eiders estimated to migrate past Holman in spring |
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