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Behavioral and demographic effects of open‐pit mining on Central Mountain Caribou in British Columbia

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Although population management measures have been used to avoid continued extirpation of caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in some areas of British Columbia (BC), protection and restoration of their range remain challenging.
R. S. McNay   +5 more
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Woodland caribou management in Alberta: historical perspectives and future opportunities

open access: yesRangifer, 2007
Woodland caribou conservation has been the topic of much debate for the past few decades. By the late 1970s there was growing concern about declining woodland caribou populations and the interaction between industrial activities and woodland caribou ...
Elston H. Dzus, Pat Cabezas
doaj   +1 more source

Conditions for caribou persistence in the wolf-elk-caribou systems of the Canadian Rockies

open access: yesRangifer, 2007
Woodland caribou populations are considered threatened in Alberta and have declined in the Canadian Rocky Mountain National Parks of Banff and Jasper despite protection from factors causing caribou populations to decline outside of parks. Recent research
Mark Hebblewhite   +5 more
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Bacterial genomics reveal the complex epidemiology of an emerging pathogen in Arctic and boreal ungulates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Northern ecosystems are currently experiencing unprecedented ecological change, largely driven by a rapidly changing climate. Pathogen range expansion, and emergence and altered patterns of infectious disease, are increasingly reported in wildlife at ...
Amanda Niptanatiak   +18 more
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Indigenous social and economic adaptations in northern Alaska as measures of resilience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
I explored one aspect of social-ecological change in the context of an Alaskan human-Rangifer system, with the goal of understanding household adaptive responses to perturbations when there are multiple forces of change at play. I focused on households
Martin, Stephanie
core   +2 more sources

Genomic population structure and inbreeding history of Lake Superior caribou

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have experienced dramatic declines in both range and population size across Canada over the past century. Boreal caribou (R. t. caribou), 1 of the 12 Designatable Units, has lost approximately half of its historic range in the
Kirsten Solmundson   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrating woodland caribou needs and forestry: perspectives of Alberta's forest industry

open access: yesRangifer, 1998
Much of Alberta's woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) range outside protected areas is subject to commercial forest management. In this paper, I discuss some perspectives of the forest industry regarding caribou-related issues.
W. Kent Brown
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of caribou physical characteristics from Yukon and neighboring caribou herds

open access: yesRangifer, 1986
Data on seven external body measurements of caribou from six woodland and two barren-ground caribou herds from Yukon, Alaska, Alberta and British Columbia were compared.
David A. Gauthier, Richard F. Farnell
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of woodland caribou habitat management and forest management in northern Ontario - current status and issues

open access: yesRangifer, 1998
Woodland caribou {Rangifer tarandus caribou) range across northern Ontario, occurring in both the Hudson Bay Lowlands and the Boreal Forest. Woodland caribou extend south well into the merchantable forest, occurring in licensed and/or actively managed ...
Ted (E.R) Armstrong
doaj   +1 more source

Status of northern mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Yukon, Canada

open access: yesRangifer, 2013
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are an important ecological, cultural and economic resource in Yukon, Canada. Three caribou ecotypes occur within Yukon: Grant’s (R. t. granti), northern mountain (R. t. caribou), and boreal (R. t. caribou).
Troy M. Hegel, Kyle Russell
doaj   +1 more source

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