Population Ecology of Caribou Populations without Predators: Southampton and Coats Island Herds

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Quellet, Jean-Pierre, Heard, Douglas C., Mulders, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: Rangifer; caribou; Arctic caribou population; Canada; population dynamics; food; snow; density; Arctic; Coats Island; Northwest Territories; Southampton Island
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1216; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1216

This paper is a review of the ecology of two caribou populations inhabiting predator-free northern islands, Coats and Southampton Island. Findings are analyzed in light of the hypothesis that in absence of prédation or high human harvest, food competition results in delayed puberty, reduced calf pro...