Arctic Network Muskox Protocol Development Summary
National Park Service. 2007. Arctic Network Muskox Protocol Development Summary. Fairbanks, AK
By the middle of the 19thcentury muskoxen were extirpated from Alaska. Muskoxen were re-established in Alaska in the 1930’s. Muskoxen tend to occupy small home ranges in comparison to migratory species so are good integrators for local environmental conditions. Within the U.S. National Park system (NPS), muskoxen only occur in the ARCN. Key reasons for monitoring: (1) an important subsistence species; (2) may impact reindeer and caribou in the ARCN; (3) as an arctic obligate species, area a good integrator of the condition in arctic park ecosystems.
- Type
- Protocol Development Summary
- Authors
- National Park Service
- Date of Issue
- 2007
- Units
- ARCN