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Wetland habitat selection by woodland caribou as characterized using the Alberta Wetland Inventory
We examined habitat selection by woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in northwestern Alberta based on a wetland classification system developed for the Alberta Vegetation Inventory. Our two objectives were to describe caribou habitat use, and to
W. Kent Brown +3 more
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Abstract Meat production has notable benefits for food security, nutrition and various production economies, but has elicited substantial negative environmental impacts. Recreational hunting provides an alternative to agricultural meat production for over 24 million hunters worldwide.
Shane P. Mahoney, Richard D. Honor
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Two caribou mortality events in Northwest Alaska: possible causes and management implications
During fall and winter 1994—1995 and winter 1999—2000, caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) from the Western Arctic Herd experienced high, localized mortality in northwest Alaska near Cape Thompson.
Jim Dau
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Abstract For many people around the world, especially in Indigenous communities, seasonal changes affect the availability and desirability of different types of food. Assessing the relationship between seasonality, sociocultural preferences and hunting patterns is vital for understanding how these populations harness seasonal food production dynamics ...
Emerson Arehart +6 more
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Behavioural responses of southern mountain caribou to helicopter and skiing activities
Helicopter- and snowcat-supported backcountry skiing is a unique industry that is widespread throughout southern mountain caribou habitat in British Columbia.
Steven F. Wilson, John F. Wilmshurst
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Eskimos, Reindeer, and Land [PDF]
The following report is based on an interdisciplinary research study undertaken to investigate the social, economic, and cultural aspects of reindeer herding in northwestern Alaska.
Arobio, Edward L. +3 more
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Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song +9 more
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Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Richard E. Ernst +8 more
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Transferrin variation and evolution of Alaskan reindeer and caribou, Rangifer tarandus L.
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyse transferrin variation in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) and domestic reindeer (R.t. tarandus) from Alaska. Eighteen alleles were detected in caribou and ten alleles were detected in reindeer.
Knut H. Røed, Ken R. Whitten
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