Locality of gray whale
calving site of Tojahui / Yavaros, Sonora.
Kerby added that archeological evidence suggests that caribou have used this area as
a calving site for over 3,000 years.
Caribou were the easier subjects, and the researchers could estimate that they moved about 6 miles per day toward
their calving sites later in the migration.
In both cases
the calving sites where some meters higher and covered either by mainly steppe vegetation (2010, Stipa - Festuca Steppe) or Leymus ramosus grassland on fallow fields.
Not exact matches
«discovery», it appears that no gray whales have returned to
calve at these
sites since the mid-1980s.
«Hundreds of gray whales use Laguna San Ignacio, a UNESCO World Heritage
Site, as a mating and
calving destination every year.
SoF, you can go to Tony Heller's
site where he has a comment section and politely point out to him that his DMI reference has a significant net loss for Greenland when they consider
calving.
That's why I suggest you, or others here, go to his
site and ask those questions about
calving and Greenland's net loss rate that already contributes a significant fraction of sea - level rise.