Sentences with phrase «caribou calving»

«We found an interesting contrast to the current state of caribou calving in relation to spring green - up,» Post said.

Post began his observations on the relationship between the timing of caribou calving and the start of the plant - growing season in Greenland 20 years ago.

An expanding ice - free season also means bears» stay on land would overlap the entire caribou calving season and a good portion of a booming geese population's molt and egg - laying season.

Not exact matches

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.

So leave the one place that is a calving ground for 120,000 caribou alone.

That's because faster development meant less time exposed to predators — and also brought the mosquitoes» life cycle more into sync with that of the caribou they feed on, which are less mobile as they calve in early spring.

Kerby added that archeological evidence suggests that caribou have used this area as a calving site for over 3,000 years.

Post added that, as his observations have continued, the data have revealed an increasingly earlier start to the plant growing season, a change that has not been matched by correspondingly earlier calving by caribou in the area.

Since 1998, Earthjustice has gone to court three times to protect this region from oil and gas leasing and its harmful effects on sensitive areas, including calving and insect - relief habitats for caribou, molting and nesting areas for various birds, and subsistence hunting and fishing grounds for local people.