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Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir +2 more
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The nature of food: indigenous Dene foodways and ontologies in the era of climate change
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2015 Climate change leading to a drastic decline in caribou populations has prompted strict hunting regulations in Canada’s Northwest Territories since 2010. The Dene, a subarctic indigenous people, have responded by turning to tradition and calling for more ...
David Walsh
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Books Abroad, 1947 La obra que presentamos es, probablemente el libro más leído en América Latina, después de Cien años de Soledad. Su autor, Germán Arciniegas-Colombiano, como García Márquez- es un escritor "moderno": sumamente erudito, lúcido y coherente, de carácter humanista, autor d más de cincuenta libros, ha volcado sus preocupaciones al continente al que ha sido ...
John A. Crow +3 more
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Denning chronology in an Arctic brown bear population
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Denning is a critical behavioral adaptation for brown bears Ursus arctos to cope with winter, a period of extended resource scarcity. Bears reduce their body temperature, heart rate, and metabolism during this time to minimize energy expenditures. The Arctic has among the most pronounced and longest period of resource scarcity. Thus, we predicted bears
William Deacy +5 more
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Predation rate by wolves on the Porcupine caribou herd
Rangifer, 2000 Large migratory catibou {Rangifer tarandus) herds in the Arctic tend to be cyclic, and population trends are mainly driven by changes in forage or weather events, not by predation.
Robert D. Hayes, Donald E. Russell
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Hunting regulations and movements of alpine reindeer
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Most ungulate populations are regulated by hunting, and harvest rate is regulated through quotas and hunting season duration. Hunting is well known to affect behaviour of ungulates, but how annual variation in quotas and hunting season duration affects individual behaviour remains uncertain.
Atle Mysterud +3 more
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Alaskan resources, current development. Traditional cultural values, and the role of LANDSAT data in current and future land use management planning [PDF]
Past, present, and proposed applications of LANDSAT data for renewable resource assessments in Alaska are described. Specific projects briefly discussed include: a feasibility investigation applying LANDSAT data to caribou habitat mapping in northeast ...
Laperriere, A. J.
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Rangifer, 2017 Habitat alteration and climate change are two important environmental stressors posing increasing threats to woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, in Ontario.
Sara Masood +3 more
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Nesting ecology of an ice‐associated seabird, Kittlitz's murrelet, at the northern edge of its range
Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.We studied the Kittlitz's murrelet, an ice‐associated seabird of conservation concern, at the northern edge of its range. Over a 2‐year period, we estimated nest density and success at 2 sites, captured and telemetered nesting murrelets, and tested the use of a thermal camera to improve nest detection.
Michelle L. Kissling +9 more
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, 2014 I submit herewith the annual reports from the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, for the period ending December 31, 2013.
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