Woodland caribou population dynamics in Northeastern Alberta

• Main Authors: Fuller, T. K., Keith, L. B.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Caribou; Tar sands; Remote Sensing; Wildlife; Oil Sands; Alberta; AOSERP; AOSERP LS 21.1.3; Birch Mountains; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/dbb992d2-e997-487f-8d45-e1322b7dc9a8; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3X921R0C

Studies of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in the Birch Mountains of northeastern Alberta were conducted from January 1976 through June 1978. Twenty-nine caribou were radio collared and repeatedly located from fixed wing aircraft. Eight capture-related deaths were associated with increa...