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Return of Caribou to Ungava

A. T. Bergerud, Stuart N. Luttich, Lodewijk Camps
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      The George River caribou herd increased from 15,000 animals in 1958 to 700,000 in 1988 - the largest herd in the world at the time. The authors trace the fluctuations in this caribou population back to the 1700s, detail how the herd escaped extinction in the 1950s, and consider current environmental threats to its survival. In an examination of the life history and population biology of the herd, The Return of Caribou to Ungava offers a synthesis of the basic biological traits of the caribou, a new hypothesis about why they migrate, and a comparison to herd populations in North America, Scandinavia, and Russia. The authors conclude that the old maxim, "Nobody knows the way of the caribou," is no longer valid. Based on a study in which the caribou were tracked by satellite across Ungava, they find that caribou are able to navigate, even in unfamiliar habitats, and to return to their calving ground, movement that is central to the caribou's cyclical migration. The Return of Caribou to Ungava also examines whether the herd can adapt to global warming and other changing environmental realities.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: A. T. Bergerud, Stuart N. Luttich, Lodewijk Camps EAN: 9780773540774 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 248 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McGill-Queen's University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-07-31 CITY: GENRE: NATURE / Ecology, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Endangered Species WIDTH: 165 cm SPINE:

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      North America (USA and Canada), Indigenous peoples, Conservation of the environment

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      A.T. Bergerud is former chief biologist of Newfoundland. He has been a population ecologist involved in research on caribou populations in North America since 1955. Stuart N. Luttich, a provincial biologist in Labrador, monitored the caribou herd from 1974 to 1993. Lodewijk Camps studied the George River caribou herd from 1988 to 1992.
      The George River caribou herd increased from 15,000 animals in 1958 to 700,000 in 1988 - the largest herd in the world at the time. The authors trace the fluctuations in this caribou population back to the 1700s, detail how the herd escaped extinction in the 1950s, and consider current environmental threats to its survival. In an examination of the life history and population biology of the herd, The Return of Caribou to Ungava offers a synthesis of the basic biological traits of the caribou, a new hypothesis about why they migrate, and a comparison to herd populations in North America, Scandinavia, and Russia. The authors conclude that the old maxim, "Nobody knows the way of the caribou," is no longer valid. Based on a study in which the caribou were tracked by satellite across Ungava, they find that caribou are able to navigate, even in unfamiliar habitats, and to return to their calving ground, movement that is central to the caribou's cyclical migration. The Return of Caribou to Ungava also examines whether the herd can adapt to global warming and other changing environmental realities.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: A. T. Bergerud, Stuart N. Luttich, Lodewijk Camps EAN: 9780773540774 COUNTRY: Canada PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 248 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: McGill-Queen's University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-07-31 CITY: GENRE: NATURE / Ecology, NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection, NATURE / Endangered Species WIDTH: 165 cm SPINE:

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      North America (USA and Canada), Indigenous peoples, Conservation of the environment

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      A.T. Bergerud is former chief biologist of Newfoundland. He has been a population ecologist involved in research on caribou populations in North America since 1955. Stuart N. Luttich, a provincial biologist in Labrador, monitored the caribou herd from 1974 to 1993. Lodewijk Camps studied the George River caribou herd from 1988 to 1992.

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