Ecological role of hunting in population dynamics and its implications for co-management of the Porcupine caribou herd

At a present population size of 160 000 animals, the Porcupine caribou herd has been subjected to an annual harvest rate of 2% for the past couple of decades. We modeled potential sensitivity of herd population dynamics to hunting and used that relation as a basis for a herd monitoring system. Maxim...

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Main Authors: Thomas A. Hanley, Donald E. Russell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2000-04-01
Series:Rangifer
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Online Access:https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1631