Monday, January 05, 2009

Caribou in the News Jan 5 2009

Happy New Year!

Statehood changed wildlife management for Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
“We were faced with an abundance of moose and caribou in several areas. We had enough so that we didn’t need to put a limit on the taking of females. ...
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Man, what a stupid species
Winnipeg Sun - Canada
In Canada, for example, we've ridded the place of the sea mink, the Dawson caribou, the passenger pigeon, various kinds of wolves, a variety of fish, ...
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Incompressible: The Economics of Reproduction
By Clayton
For each new caribou born, there is a marginal decrease in the available lichen and other food resources available to all other caribou. Each new caribou born is a net cost to all other caribou. As more caribou are born, feeding grows ...
Incompressible - http://incompressible.blogspot.com/