70- 

1,400 
1,300 
\ 
60 \ 1,200 
\ 
\ 1,100 
fs) \ | 
“50 \ 
z \ ,000 
fx] | 
Fa} \ 900 
“3 \ 
r, 40 - 800 
He ~ 
re 700 
E4 
z 600 
fx 70 
? 500 
Rausch, 1954 
20 400 
Ay 
300 
10 200 
100 
1944 45 46 427 48 49 50 51 52 53 5h 55 56 57 
Figure 2. Assumed population growth of the St. Matthew Island 
reindeer herd, 1944 through 1957. The broken line curve shows the 
instantaneous percentage rate of population growth of the reindeer 
since their introduction in 1944, The cumulative population growth 
is shown by the solid line curve for the same period. Population 
estimates by Rausch in 1954 and Rhode in 1955 are shown in relation- 
ship to the growth curve. 
SIZE 
POPULATION 
