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Close encounters of the fatal kind: Landscape features associated with central mountain caribou mortalities

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
In western Canada, anthropogenic disturbances resulting from resource extraction activities are associated with habitat loss and altered predator–prey dynamics.
Tracy L. McKay   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

wildlifeevoeco/caribou-swimming: v0.1.1

open access: yes, 2021
On the marginal value of swimming in woodland caribou This repository contains the code accompanying the paper "On the marginal value of swimming in woodland caribou": https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3491 Scripts are under `scripts/`. Input data are under
Jack Hendrix   +2 more
core   +1 more source

‘WildLift’: An Open-Source Tool to Guide Decisions for Wildlife Conservation

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
A recurring challenge for resource managers and decision makers is quantifying the trade-offs associated with alternative recovery actions for threatened species.
Mariana Nagy-Reis   +8 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
doaj   +1 more source

NmeCas9 is an intrinsically high-fidelity genome-editing platform

open access: yesGenome Biology, 2018
Background The development of CRISPR genome editing has transformed biomedical research. Most applications reported thus far rely upon the Cas9 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes SF370 (SpyCas9).
Nadia Amrani   +18 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

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

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

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