Fieldwork in southern Yukon
We deployed remote cameras between mid-May and early September 2018 to
develop sex and latitudinal chronologies of goat moult for contrasts
with more southern goat populations. Our study areas included three
locations at which mountain goats are wild (Mount White (60.2, -133.9),
Montana Mountain (60.0, -134.6), and Kluane National Park (60.7,
-137.7)), and a fenced facility, the Yukon Wildlife Preserve (YWP)
(60.8, -135.3), where 20 goats (in two herds, one breeding, one
non-breeding) roam large enclosures and are viewed by the public. We
deployed 16 cameras along active mountain goat trails in these four
locations. Our data from the wild (opportunistic camera trap
photographs) were added to the community science dataset, whereas our
repeated samples data on 14 adult mountain goats in YWP were analyzed
separately.