Population Dynamics of the Mackenzie Delta Reindeer Herd, 1938-1958

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Krebs, Charles J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1961
• Subjects: Animal food; Biological sampling; Cannibalism; Ground squirrels; Internal organs; Lemmings; Polar bears; Predation; Seals (Animals); Trichinella; Walruses; Mackenzie Delta; Arctic; eskimo*; Rangifer tarandus; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66715

Analyzes fluctuations in the size of both government- and Eskimo-owned herds of Rangifer tarandus in the Reindeer Grazing Preserve of northern Mackenzie District. Each of the six Eskimo-owned herds increased in numbers for a few years, then declined and ultimately, except one, was returned to the nu...