Central Arctic Caribou and Petroleum Development: Distributional, Nutritional, and Reproductive Implications

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cameron, Raymond D., Smith, Walter T., White, Robert G., Griffith, Brad
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: behavior; body condition; calving; cumulative effects; demography; fecundity; habitat; Rangifer; comportements; état corporel; vêlage; effets cumulatifs; démographie; fécondité; Arctic; Vêlage; Arctique*; Prudhoe Bay; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63443

We synthesize findings from cooperative research on effects of petroleum development on caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) of the Central Arctic Herd (CAH). The CAH increased from about 6000 animals in 1978 to 23000 in 1992, declined to 18 000 by 1995, and again increased to 27 000 by 2000. Net calf...