New caribou crisis – then and now

The reported decline of the Bathurst herd has caused considerable concern and has raised rumours of a “crisis” in which there is a possibility of extinction. This paper reflects on relevant lessons learned from the officially declared “crisis” of population decline in 1955/56 and a second crisis of...

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Published in:Rangifer
Main Author: Ruttan, Robert A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2257
https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2257
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spelling ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/2257 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 New caribou crisis – then and now Ruttan, Robert A. 2012-03-08 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2257 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2257 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2257/2100 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2257 doi:10.7557/2.32.2.2257 Copyright (c) 2015 Robert A. Ruttan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 32 (2012): Special Issue No. 20; 85-102 1890-6729 Barren ground caribou Bathurst caribou herd Canada crisis management history population decline resource management traditional knowledge info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2012 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2257 2021-08-16T15:11:17Z The reported decline of the Bathurst herd has caused considerable concern and has raised rumours of a “crisis” in which there is a possibility of extinction. This paper reflects on relevant lessons learned from the officially declared “crisis” of population decline in 1955/56 and a second crisis of overpopulation identified by the author a decade later. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Canada Rangifer 32 2 85
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Bathurst caribou herd
Canada
crisis management history
population decline
resource management
traditional knowledge
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Bathurst caribou herd
Canada
crisis management history
population decline
resource management
traditional knowledge
Ruttan, Robert A.
New caribou crisis – then and now
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crisis management history
population decline
resource management
traditional knowledge
description The reported decline of the Bathurst herd has caused considerable concern and has raised rumours of a “crisis” in which there is a possibility of extinction. This paper reflects on relevant lessons learned from the officially declared “crisis” of population decline in 1955/56 and a second crisis of overpopulation identified by the author a decade later.
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