Nonrandom Distribution of Antlers Cast by Peary Caribou Bulls, Melville Island, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Miller, Frank L., Barry, Samuel J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Antlers; Caribou; Melville Island; N.W.T./Nunavut; Canada; Hecla; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Peary; Sabine Bay; Arctic; caribou; Hecla and Griper Bay; Rangifer tarandus; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64454

An aerial survey was carried out in July 1987 to determine the pattern of distribution of antlers cast by Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) bulls on north-central and northeastern Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Four transect lines were flown parallel to the coastal shorelines...