Population Increase of Muskoxen on Banks Island and Implications for Competition with Peary Caribou

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Vincent, D., Gunn, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1981
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal population; Caribou; Muskoxen; Banks Island; N.W.T; Greenland; Peary; Thomsen; Arctic; caribou; muskox; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65571

Surveys were flown in March 1979 and 1980 north and south of 73 deg. N on Banks Island to estimate numbers of muskoxen. Observed total was 11809 animals and estimated population was 18328 muskoxen, suggesting that the population has continued to expand since previous surveys in the early 1970s. A co...