Principal Investigator:Humphries, Murray Licensed Year(s):
2024
20232022 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5809.
The objectives of this research project are to learn about:
1) how climate influences patterns of habitat use among Peary caribou, muskoxen and their predators, and
2) how changes in forage availability/accessibility (e.g. impacted by changing snow conditions, overgrazing by geese, etc.), competition with muskoxe...
Principal Investigator:Katz, Sharon Licensed Year(s):
2005
Summary:
The objectives of the research are to: investigate ways of introducing man-made items into musk ox habitat with minimal disturbance; observe if wild musk oxen will physically interact with a man-made addition to their habitat; test the efficacy of the “muskombs” (scratching posts for musk oxen); and collect qiviuq (musk ox down wool). The results of this research will be presented to Inuvialuit gr...