The data contains anonymized recruitment information for boreal caribou population 'C', which spans 9 years. This dataset follows the methodology described in DeCesare et al. (2012) for estimating population growth rates using calf/cow age ratios.
Format
A tibble with columns:
- PopulationName
Name of the population
- Year
The year the observation occurred
- Month
The month the observation occurred
- Day
The day the observation occurred
- Cows
The number of cows counted in the group
- Bulls
The number of bulls counted in the group
- UnknownAdults
The number of adults which could not be sexed in the group
- Yearlings
The number of yearlings counted in the group
- Calves
The number of calves counted in the group
Details
The data is released under the Open Government Licence - Alberta