POPULATION DYNAMICS OF THE MACKENZIE DELTA REINDEER HERD, 1938-1958

• Main Author: Charles J. Krebs
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canada; East Bank; Great Bear Lake; Mackenzie Delta; Mackenzie River; Yukon; Coppermine River; Mackenzie river; Rangifer tarandus; Subarctic; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.3960; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic14-2-91.pdf

T HE value of the reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) as a domestic grazing an- imal of the arctic and subarctic regions has long been known in Eurasia. In 1926 Canada considered establishing reindeer in the arctic and commis-sioned A. E. Porsild to undertake a 2.5-year survey of the country between the Al...