On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals
Contains a study of mammals of arctic Alaska, mainly from the Brooks Range, each species discussed in terms of holarctic distribution. The information was obtained during investigations by the Animal-borne Disease Branch of the Arctic Health Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska, during which 4,500 mam...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66919 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals Rausch, Robert 1953-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66919 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66919/50832 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66919 ARCTIC; Vol. 6 No. 2 (1953): July: 65–168; 91-148 1923-1245 0004-0843 Evolution (Biology) info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1953 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:42Z Contains a study of mammals of arctic Alaska, mainly from the Brooks Range, each species discussed in terms of holarctic distribution. The information was obtained during investigations by the Animal-borne Disease Branch of the Arctic Health Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska, during which 4,500 mammals were collected. Alaska has about 30 widely distributed species, many circumboreal. These and their varieties are described in systematic order. The grizzly or brown bear wolf, arctic hoary marmot, ground squirrel, tundra vole, narrow-skulled or gregarious vole and caribou are treated in some detail, and the relationship of the caribou to Alaskan Eskimo economy is described. The Romanzof Mts. of the Brooks Range and Arctic Village near the southern limits of the Brooks Range on the East Chandalar River are briefly described. Photographs show skulls, tables give cranial measurements, and maps show Alaskan distribution of various species. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Brooks Range brown bear caribou eskimo* Tundra Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Anchorage Arctic ARCTIC 6 2 |
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Contains a study of mammals of arctic Alaska, mainly from the Brooks Range, each species discussed in terms of holarctic distribution. The information was obtained during investigations by the Animal-borne Disease Branch of the Arctic Health Research Center, Anchorage, Alaska, during which 4,500 mammals were collected. Alaska has about 30 widely distributed species, many circumboreal. These and their varieties are described in systematic order. The grizzly or brown bear wolf, arctic hoary marmot, ground squirrel, tundra vole, narrow-skulled or gregarious vole and caribou are treated in some detail, and the relationship of the caribou to Alaskan Eskimo economy is described. The Romanzof Mts. of the Brooks Range and Arctic Village near the southern limits of the Brooks Range on the East Chandalar River are briefly described. Photographs show skulls, tables give cranial measurements, and maps show Alaskan distribution of various species. |
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On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals |
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On the Status of Some Arctic Mammals |
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