Estimates of caribou herd size using post-calving surveys in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, Canada: A meta-analysis

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Boulanger, John, Adamczewski, Jan, Davison, Tracy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2018
• Subjects: barren-ground caribou; estimation; post-calving survey; negative binomial; Lincoln-Petersen; Rivest estimator; Canada; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Petersen; Yukon; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/4239; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.38.1.4239

Post-calving surveys to estimate herd size of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, R. t. granti, and R. t. caribou) have been used for caribou herds in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Québec/Labrador. The main field procedure uses relocation of collared caribou...