PR (BNE) - 053: Harvest recommendations for barren-ground caribou based on herd risk status: A rule of thumb approach
Key words: rules of thumb, harvest recommendations, herd’s risk status, size, trend.
Key words: rules of thumb, harvest recommendations, herd’s risk status, size, trend.
Key words: barren-ground caribou, Rivière George Caribou Herd, demographic model, productivity, adult survival
Key words: Barren Ground Caribou, Late-Winter Calf:Cow Ratio, Summer Range, Leaf Biomass, Phenology
Key words: Bathurst caribou herd, caribou management, demographic model, deterministic model, ordinary least squares, stochastic model, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus
Key words: caribou, Bluenose-East herd, 2013 calving ground photo survey, estimate of breeding females
Key words: caribou, Bluenose-East herd estimate, core calving ground, 2015 photo and visual surveys
Key words: aerial survey, Canis lupus, furbearer, gray wolf, large scale, network sampling, population estimation, probability sampling, snow, tracks.
Key words: caribou, Bathurst herd, accelerated declines, population models
Key words: barren-ground caribou, modeling, demographics, harvest, adult survival, Bathurst and Bluenose-East herds
Key words: ACCWM, management plan, caribou, Cape Bathurst, Bluenose-West and Bluenose-East, scientific knowledge, herd status, knowledge gaps