Transect width and missed observations in counting muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) from fixed-wing aircraft

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Aastrup, P., Mosbech, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1993
• Subjects: muskox; census techniques; Ovibos; Greenland; Jameson Land; ovibos moschatus; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1096; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.13.2.1096

While conductioning muskox-censuses (Ovibos moschatus) in winter in Jameson Land, NE Greenland, from a fixed-wing aircraft, we examined the width of transects covered. We used a laser range-finder binocular for measuring the distance to observed groups. We found that 1000 m was a reasonable limit fo...