Muskox Abundance in the Southern Part of the Range

ABSTRACT. During the summer of 1974, daily observations of muskoxen were recorded for a number of sites along Kong Oscars Fjord. Individuals sighted num-bered 330, and the population of the region was estimated at 405, representing a density of about 0.6 animals per square kilometre in areas below t...

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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.540.9961 2023-05-15T14:19:38+02:00 Muskox Abundance in the Southern Part of the Range Peter N. Ferns The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.9961 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic30-1-52.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.9961 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic30-1-52.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic30-1-52.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:04:14Z ABSTRACT. During the summer of 1974, daily observations of muskoxen were recorded for a number of sites along Kong Oscars Fjord. Individuals sighted num-bered 330, and the population of the region was estimated at 405, representing a density of about 0.6 animals per square kilometre in areas below the 200-metre contour. Comparison with counts from as far back as 1954 reveals that the popula-tion has increased on average by two per cent per annum over the last twenty years, allowie a partial recovery from its previously depleted level. RIkSUM6. La population des troupeaux de bœufs musqub dans la partie mbridio-nale des pdturages, dans l'est du Groenland. Au wurs de Nt6 1974, on effectua en de nombreux endroits bordant le fjord Kong Oscars des observatiom quotidiennes sur les bœufs musqu&. On a dCnombr6 visueIlement quelque 350 bœufs musqub, mais on a estim6 la population totale H 405 animaux, ce qui reprkentait une demit6 de 0.6 animal par k&rn&tre carri dans des r6gions situ & A moins de 200 mhes d'altitude. Une comparaison avec des recensements remontant jusqu'8 1954 montre que la population de bœufs musqub s'est accrue d'environ 2 % par ann& au cours des 20 dernihm annks; les boeufs musqu&, qui &aient menach d'extinc-tion, se seraient donc partiellement repeuplb. Text Arctic Groenland muskox Unknown
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description ABSTRACT. During the summer of 1974, daily observations of muskoxen were recorded for a number of sites along Kong Oscars Fjord. Individuals sighted num-bered 330, and the population of the region was estimated at 405, representing a density of about 0.6 animals per square kilometre in areas below the 200-metre contour. Comparison with counts from as far back as 1954 reveals that the popula-tion has increased on average by two per cent per annum over the last twenty years, allowie a partial recovery from its previously depleted level. RIkSUM6. La population des troupeaux de bœufs musqub dans la partie mbridio-nale des pdturages, dans l'est du Groenland. Au wurs de Nt6 1974, on effectua en de nombreux endroits bordant le fjord Kong Oscars des observatiom quotidiennes sur les bœufs musqu&. On a dCnombr6 visueIlement quelque 350 bœufs musqub, mais on a estim6 la population totale H 405 animaux, ce qui reprkentait une demit6 de 0.6 animal par k&rn&tre carri dans des r6gions situ & A moins de 200 mhes d'altitude. Une comparaison avec des recensements remontant jusqu'8 1954 montre que la population de bœufs musqub s'est accrue d'environ 2 % par ann& au cours des 20 dernihm annks; les boeufs musqu&, qui &aient menach d'extinc-tion, se seraient donc partiellement repeuplb.
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