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Can woodland caribou and the forest industry coexist: The Ontario scene

open access: yesRangifer, 1991
Ontario is in the process of developing a strategy to improve the likelihood of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and the forest industry coexisting in the province.
Gerald D. Racey   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colonizing the High Arctic : Mitochondrial DNA reveals common origin of Eurasian archipelagic reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Funding: The study was supported by the ERC Advanced Grant “Arctic Domus” ERC AdG 295458 based at the University of Aberdeen (http://www.arcticdomus.org/). Funding was recieved by DGA. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis,
Anderson, David G.   +6 more
core   +3 more sources

Evidence of alphaherpesvirus infections in Alaskan caribou and reindeer

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2012
Background The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) industry in Alaska began with animals imported from Siberia (Russia) in the 1890's. Cervid herpes virus 2 (CvHV2) is endemic in reindeer in Scandinavia.
Evans Alina L   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Linear enamel hypoplasia in caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus): A potential tool to assess population health

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2012
We studied the presence of linear enamel hypoplasias (LEHs; tooth defects associated with physiological stress) in caribou (Rangifer tarandus). A timeline of tooth enamel development was determined by radiographic examination of 48 mandibles from caribou
Jessica P. Wu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Habitat partitioning between woodland caribou and moose in Ontario: the potential role of shared prédation risk

open access: yesRangifer, 1996
This paper explores mechanisms of coexistence for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Akes alces) preyed upon by gray wolves (Canis lupus) in northern Ontario.
H.G. Cumming, D.B. Beange, G. Lavoie
doaj   +1 more source

Dating and Digging Stratified Archaeology in Circumpolar North America : A View from Nunalleq, Southwestern Alaska [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The results presented in this paper were funded by a NERC Radiocarbon Facility grant (NRCF 1917.0415), while the wider project is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/K006029/1).
Forbes, Veronique   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Canopy, snow, and lichens on woodland caribou range in southeastern Manitoba

open access: yesRangifer, 1996
I examined the relationships among snow cover (api), lichen abundance, and canopy composition on the range of the Aikens Lake population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in southeastern Manitoba.
James A. Schaefer
doaj   +1 more source

Range selection by semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) in relation to infrastructure and human activity in the boreal forest environment, northern Finland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
During past decades, the amounts of infrastructure and human activity have increased in northern latitudes. Although the effects of human development on wild reindeer and caribou have been widely examined, its effects on semidomesticated reindeer and the
Anttonen, Marja   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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

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

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