Conservation of Peary caribou based on a recalculation of the 1961 aerial survey on the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Canada

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Frank L. Miller, Samuel J. Barry, Wendy A. Calvert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005
• Subjects: aerial survey; Canada; caribou; Canadian High Arctic Islands; conservation; distribution; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Arctic; Heiberg; Peary; Single Island; Queen Elizabeth Islands; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.4.1772; https://doaj.org/article/0948ec4e6d924254b9c3cac22c7773c6

The estimate of 25 845 Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) on the Queen Elizabeth Islands (QEI) in the Canadian High Arctic in summer 1961 is the only nearly range-wide 'benchmark' for the past number of caribou. No variances or confidence intervals were calculated for this estimate a...