The return of caribou to Ungava
By: A.T. Bergerud, Stuart N. Luttich, and Lodewijk Camps
Contributors: Luttich, Stuart N; Camps, Lodewijk
Series: McGill-Queen's native and northern series -- 50
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 586
ISBN-13: 9780773532335
Subjects: Caribou -- Québec (Province) -- George River Region; Caribou -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Labrador
Description: "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 The authors conclude that the old maxim "Nobody knows the way of the caribou" is no longer valid.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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-575) and index