Human impacts on George River Caribou: An Overview

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Harrington, Fred H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: impacts; George River Caribou; habitat; Fuller; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1266; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1266

Habitat loss exerts its influence by lowering the carrying capacity of the habitat. Loss of critical habitat, therefore, is of most concern. The fact that calving range is the one "constant" in the caribou's migratory movements, and that summer range appears to be overgrazed at presen...