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Bridging the gap between science, policy and stakeholders: Towards sustainable wolf–livestock coexistence in human‐dominated landscapes

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While the return of wolves (Canis lupus) to many European countries is a conservation milestone, the negative impacts are unevenly distributed across society, placing high pressure on livestock grazing systems. For this perspective, scientists from diverse disciplines and geographical backgrounds reflect on the state of livestock–wolf ...
Emu‐Felicitas Ostermann‐Miyashita   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Managing fire for woodland caribou in Jasper and Banff National Parks

open access: yesRangifer, 2007
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations in Jasper (JNP) and Banff National Parks (BNP) have declined since the 1970s, coincident with reduced fire activity in both parks, relative to historic levels.
Landon Shepherd   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interchange and Overlap Among Four Adjacent Arctic Caribou Herds

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Management, 2020
Barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) are distributed in herds that seasonally use specific geographic regions within an annual range, with varying levels of fidelity during different periods (e.g., calving, insect relief, wintering).
A. K. Prichard   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Surface Erosion and Sedimentation Associated with Forest Land Use in Interior Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 1979
Completion reportThe magnitude of sheet-rill erosion associated with various landscape manipulations is presented. The Universal Soil Loss Equation's usefulness for predicting annual sheet-rill erosion within interior Alaska is confirmed ...
Aldrich, James W., Johnson, Ronald A.
core  

Investigating conservation performance payments alongside human–wildlife conflicts: The Swedish lynx and wolverine protection policies

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Status and trends of Rangifer tarandus and Ovibos moschatus populations in Canada

open access: yesRangifer, 1992
We identified 97 Rangifer tarandus and 17 Ovibos moschatus populations in Canada. In July 1991, the Canadian populations totalled 1.9 to 2.6 million caribou, 13 600 reindeer and 108 600 muskoxen.
Michael A. D. Ferguson
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers' participation in European Regional Platforms on Coexistence between People and Large Carnivores: Perceived conflict, stakeholder interaction, and evaluation of participatory processes

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Although there have been several initiatives to establish and support participatory processes on large carnivores based on multi‐stakeholder governance at the regional level in Europe, empirical evidence for their evaluation is still lacking. We employed a survey, which was administered to farmers and other stakeholder groups (e.g.
Tasos Hovardas   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herd size, distribution, harvest, management issues, and research priorities relevant to caribou herds in Alaska

open access: yesRangifer, 1998
There are presently about 960 000 caribou in 32 herds in Alaska, including 4 herds shared with Yukon and Northwest Territories. Since complete population data were last published in the mid-1980s, Alaska's caribou population has doubled in size, largely ...
Patrick Valkenburg
doaj   +1 more source

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
core   +2 more sources

Digital nature in the AI era: How human and AI‐generated representations shape future visions of rewilding

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Rewilding has gained significant influence in nature conservation, offering hopeful narratives that address the interconnected challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss while enabling people to reconnect with ‘wildness’ in the Anthropocene.
Flurina M. Wartmann, Emma Cary
wiley   +1 more source

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