Catastrophic Die-off of Peary Caribou on the Western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Miller, F.L., Gunn, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: Peary caribou; Rangifer tarandus; cataclysmic die-odd; western Queen Elizabeth Islands; caribou de Peary; Rangifer tarandus pearyi; mortalité cataclysmique; îles de la Reine-Élizabeth occidentales; Arctic; Canada; Peary; Reine; Arctique*; Climate change; Global warming; Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth; Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63694

The Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is an endangered species in Canada, having been in an overall decline since 1961. Sightings of Peary caribou were compared from two aerial searches, in 1993 and 1998, on Bathurst and its neighbouring islands, western Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Canadia...