Are the Jameson Land muskoxen, Northeast Greenland, in decline?

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Nicolas Gaidet, Tanguy Daufresne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2019
• Subjects: Animal culture; SF1-1100; Greenland; Jameson Land; muskox; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.39.1.4424; https://doaj.org/article/cd66efae9f9e4a2bb30c3de59079cb16

The Jameson Land region contains the largest muskox population in Northeast Greenland. In the period 1980-1990, late winter population size averaged 3,645. A late winter 2000 survey estimated ca. 1,705 muskoxen. Although no further late winter surveys for muskox abundance have occurred since, there...