A report on the Newfoundland caribou

A Report on the Newfoundland Caribou A summary and interpretation of the state of knowledge of the island of Newfoundland’s caribou population and key considerations for sustainable management. [...] At the outset of the caribou initiative, the magnitude of population decline, uncertainty around the causes of decline, unprecedented rates of calf mortality, and uncertainty around the role of coyote were cause for substantial concern. [...] Caribou Science in Newfoundland Building on existing science and management practices, the five-year initiative was designed to examine the Newfoundland caribou population at an ecosystem level in order to establish the primary and contributing factors responsible for the caribou decline and to effectively and efficiently manage a sustainable caribou population into the future. [...] The caribou research resulted in substantially increased knowledge of the caribou population and the interactions between caribou, predators, and their shared habitat, and provided an evidence- based understanding of the factors which drive Newfoundland caribou population dynamics. [...] A REPORT ON THE NEWFOUNDLAND CARIBOU - 2015 CARIBOU SCIENCE ON THE ISLAND OF NEWFOUNDLAND Newfoundland and Labrador began scientific monitoring of the island of Newfoundland (Newfoundland) caribou population in the 1950s.