Inuit knowledge of long-term changes in a population of Arctic tundra caribou

ABSTRACT. Indigenous peoples possess knowledge about wildlife that dates back many generations. Inuit observations of historical changes in a caribou population on southern Baffin Island, collected from 43 elders and active hunters during 1983– 95, indicate that caribou were abundant and their distr...

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Main Authors: Michael A. D. Ferguson, Robert G. Williamson, François Messier
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1998
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.545.3969
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic51-3-201.pdf