Science

PR (BATH 2019): 026 - JUNE 2019 CALVING GROUND COMPOSITION SURVEYS OF BATHURST AND BLUENOSE‐EAST BARREN‐GROUND CARIBOU HERDS WORKING DRAFT

Key words: calving ground composition surveys; Bathurst and Bluenose‐East caribou herds;breeding females estimate; calf productivity; relative distribution of breeding caribou estimate; relative abundance of predators.

PR (BATH 2019): 018 - Analysis of environmental, temporal, and spatial factors affecting demography of the Bathurst and Bluenose-East caribou herds.

Key words: Bathurst caribou; Bluenose-East caribou; survival and productivity rates; environmental variables; temporal variables; spatial variables; integrated population demographic model; environmental covariates

PR (BATH 2019): 015 - Estimates of Breeding Females & Adult Herd Size and Analyses of Demographics for the Bathurst Herd of Barren-Ground Caribou: 2018 Calving Ground Photographic Survey

This report describes the results of a calving ground photo survey of the Kokètì Ekwǫ̀ (Bathurst Caribou) herd conducted in June of 2018 near Bathurst Inlet in Nunavut (NU). The main objectives were to estimate the numbers of breeding females, adult females, and adults in the herd, to compare with results of previous calving ground surveys of this herd, the last of them in 2015.