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Heard, D.C.
and F.J. Jackson. 1990. Kaminuriak calving ground survey, 5-17 June
1988. 23 pp.
ABSTRACT
In
June 1988, the number of caribou on the Kaminuriak caribou herd's
calving ground was estimated using a stratified transect strip survey
where caribou were counted on aerial photographs.
The survey resulted in an estimate of 160,000 + 20,800
(SE) caribou one year old and older on the calving grounds.
Based on the reproductive condition of a sample of animals
classified from a helicopter, the number of parturient (pregnant and
postpartum) females on the calving ground was estimated to be 99,000 +
29,200, which extrapolates to a total population estimate of 220,000 +
72,000.
Herd size appears to have been stable since 1983.
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