Calving photocensus of the Rivière George Caribou Herd and comparison with an independent census

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Serge Couturier, Réhaume Courtois, Hélène Crépeau, Louis-Paul Rivest, Stuart Luttich
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: caribou; George River herd; aerial survey; calving grounds; Labrador; Québec; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Rivière George; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1268; https://doaj.org/article/fd28f3ca865242aaaff1f1d5dcae4c7d

Vertical photographs of the calving grounds have been used since 1984 to estimate the caribou (Rangifer tarandus) population of the Rivière George Caribou Herd (RGCH) in Northern Québec and Labrador. In spite of large confidence intervals, the 1984 and 1988 estimates suggested that the herd stabiliz...