Spatial Representativeness of Climatic Data from Baffin Island, N.W.T., with Implications for Muskoxen and Caribou Distribution

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Jacobs, John D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1989
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Atmospheric temperature; Bioclimatology; Caribou; Muskoxen; Precipitation (Meteorology); Weather stations; Wildlife habitat; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Foxe Basin; Baffin; caribou; Terre de Baffin
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64693

Climatic records from often widely scattered arctic stations are commonly used to draw conclusions about such matters as wildlife habitat and distribution, yet little is known about the validity of extrapolating from such limited data. Statistical tests of meteorological network representativeness c...