Recovery of Tundra Vegetation after Overgrazing by Caribou in Arctic Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Henry, G.H.R., Gunn, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1991
• Subjects: Animal ecology; Animal food; Animal mortality; Caribou; Lichens; Plant growth; Plant reproduction; Plant succession; Tundra ecology; Biomass; Bathurst Inlet region; Nunavut; Rideout Island; Arctic; Bathurst Inlet; Canada; Caribou Range; Northwest Territories; Arctique*; caribou; Salix lanata; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64570

During the summer of 1987, 500-1000 caribou became stranded on Rideout Island in Bathurst Inlet, Northwest Territories. The 40 sq/km island did not have sufficient forage to support the animals until freeze-up, and the caribou eventually died from malnutrition after severely overgrazing the vegetati...