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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
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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

Privacy at the Margins| The Poverty of Privacy: Understanding Privacy Trade-Offs From Identity Infrastructure Users in India

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2018
What trade-offs in privacy do low-income people make in dealing with state identity systems, and on what basis? We examine perspectives on Aadhaar, a national identification system for Indian residents that assigns a 12-digit number based on biometric ...
Janaki Srinivasan   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) avoid wellsite activity during winter

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) are threatened in Alberta in part due to the development of oil and gas resources. To inform best management practices for caribou, we assessed how proximity to wellsites influenced caribou habitat selection, and ...
Doug MacNearney   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Slowing down wolves to protect boreal caribou populations: a spatial simulation model of linear feature restoration

open access: yesEcosphere, 2019
In Canada, boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are declining in numbers, in part due to increased predation by wolves (Canis lupus). One management option to reduce wolf–caribou interactions and thus protect caribou is to remove man‐made linear ...
Matthias C. Spangenberg   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transferrin variation and evolution of Canadian barren-ground caribou

open access: yesRangifer, 1990
Blood samples were obtained from 95 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) of the Beverly herd in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Knut H. Røed, D. C. Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

Occasional Publications on Northern Life, No. 04 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
The need to exchange information on research in reindeer and caribou diseases became apparent to investigators attending the Second International Reindeer/Caribou Symposium in Roros, Norway, in 1979.
Dieterich, Robert A., Morton, Jamie K.
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Stable carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analysis of permafrost preserved human hair from rescue excavations (2009, 2010) at the precontact site of Nunalleq, Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Acknowledgments This work was funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/K006029/1) grant awarded to Rick Knecht, Kate Britton and Charlotta Hillerdal (Aberdeen); an AHRC-LabEx award (AH/N504543/1) to KB, RK, Keith Dobney (Liverpool) and ...
Britton, Kate   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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