Muskoxen/sedge meadow interactions, north-central Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Main Author: Smith, David Lawrence
• Other Authors: Redman, Robert
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 1996
• Subjects: Canada; Fries; Napp; Northwest Territories; Banks Island; muskox; ovibos moschatus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10212004-000724

The interactions between muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) and graminoid meadows, their primary summer range, were examined in an area of high muskoxen density on north-central Banks Island, N.W.T., Canada (73°50$\sp\prime$N, 119°53$\sp\prime$W). The objective was to test the herbivore optimization hypoth...