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Meeting caribou in the alpine: Do moose compete with caribou for food?

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2019
The Atlantic-Gaspésie caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) is an endangered, isolated population that has been declining for decades in response to intensive logging.
Virginie Christopherson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Observation of Arctic island barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) migratory movement delay due to human induced sea-ice breaking

open access: yesRangifer, 2013
The seasonal migration of the Dolphin and Union caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd between Victoria Island and the mainland (Nunavut/Northwest Territories, Canada) relies on the formation of sea-ice that connects the Island to the mainland ...
Mathieu Dumond, Shane Sather, Rob Harmer
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic variation in transferrin as a predictor for differentiation and evolution of caribou from eastern Canada

open access: yesRangifer, 1991
Polycrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to analyse tranferrrin variation in caribou populations from Manitoba, Ontario, Québec/Labrador, and from Baffin Island, Northwest Territories in eastern Canada.
Knut H. Røed   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of mining on reindeer/caribou populations and indigenous livelihoods : community-based monitoring by Sami reindeer herders in Sweden and First Nations in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper explores the effects of human disturbances associated with mine development in the Arctic on habitat and populations of reindeer/caribou (both Rangifer tarandus), and implications for reindeer husbandry and caribou hunting of indigenous Sami ...
Cuciurean, Rick   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Caribou recovery and coexistence with introduced feral reindeer on the Nuussuaq Peninsula (70-71°N), West Greenland

open access: yesRangifer, 2005
The small native caribou population (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) of Nuussuaq Peninsula was supplemented in 1968 with 10 semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus).
Christine Cuyler
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial patterning of prey at reproduction to reduce predation risk: what drives dispersion from groups? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Group living is a widespread behavior thought to be an evolutionary adaptation for reducing predation risk. Many group-living species, however, spend a portion of their life cycle as dispersed individuals, suggesting that the costs and benefits of these ...
Boutin, S.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Range size and seasonal movement for female woodland caribou in the boreal forest of northeastern Ontario

open access: yesRangifer, 2003
A preliminary examination was conducted of range size and distribution of female woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in northeastern Ontario.
Glen S. Brown   +2 more
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

Eimeria rangiferis (Protozoa: Eimeriidae) reported from caribou in Ameralik, West Greenland

open access: yesRangifer, 2015
In recent decades the native Barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) south of the Godthaabs fjord (Nuup Kangerlua fjord) in West Greenland have mixed with semi-domesticated Norwegian reindeer (R. t.
Karl Skírnisson, Christine Cuyler
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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