Wolverine Ecology, Distribution & Productivity in the Slave Geological Province, Final Report to the West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society (GNWT, June 2000)
This final report documents a four-year wolverine research project (1996-1999) in the Slave Geological Province examining ecology, distribution, home range, movements, reproduction, and harvest patterns of wolverines (Gulo gulo) on the central Arctic barrens. The study captured 36 individual wolverines via radio telemetry and examined 473 harvested wolverines to assess population dynamics, productivity, and the potential impacts of mineral development on this species.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Robert Mulders, Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, West Kitikmeot / Slave Study Society, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, BHP Minerals, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Dogrib Renewable Resource Committee, Yellowknives Dene Lands and Environment Committee, Canadian Wildlife Service, Department of the Environment
- Locations
- Slave Geological Province, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Lac de Gras, Lake Providence, Yamba Lake, Eda Lake, Desteffany Lake, Daring Lake, Kitikmeot region, Kugluktuk, Bathurst Inlet, Umingmaktok, Lutsel K'e, Contwoyto Lake, Great Slave Lake, Coronation Gulf, Victoria Island, Lupin Mine
- Parameters
- wolverine ecology, distribution, abundance, home range size, seasonal movements, feeding habits, reproductive parameters, harvest patterns, wolverine productivity, den site fidelity, body weight, morphology, prey composition, caribou predation, pregnancy rates, corpora lutea, dispersal patterns, radio telemetry
- Pages
- 91
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