Caribou conservation and recovery in Ontario: development and implementation of the Caribou Conservation Plan [PDF]
The range of Ontario’s woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) (forest-dwelling ecotype) has receded northward substantially over many decades, leading to its current Threatened designation.
Ted (E.R.) Armstrong+5 more
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Habitat Restoration as a Key Conservation Lever for Woodland Caribou: A review of restoration programs and key learnings from Alberta [PDF]
The Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal Population in Canada (EC, 2012), identifies coordinated actions to reclaim woodland caribou habitat as a key step to meeting current and future caribou population ...
Paula Bentham, Brian Coupal
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Seasonal movements in caribou ecotypes of Western Canada [PDF]
Background Several migratory ungulates, including caribou, are dramatically declining. Caribou of the Barren-ground ecotype, which forms its own subspecies, are known to be mainly migratory.
Jessica Theoret+7 more
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Woodland caribou management in Alberta: historical perspectives and future opportunities
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
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Decision-support model to explore the feasibility of using translocation to restore a woodland caribou population in Pukaskwa National Park, Canada [PDF]
The distribution and abundance of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have declined dramatically in the past century. Without intervention the most southern population of caribou in eastern North America is expected to disappear within 20 years.
Emily K. Gonzales+4 more
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Putting the environmental impact assessment process into practice for woodland caribou in the Alberta Oil Sands Region [PDF]
Since 1985, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have been designated as a threatened species in Alberta. Populations studied since the 1970s have been stable or declining, with no population increases documented.
Paula R. Bentham
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Managing second-growth forests as caribou habitat [PDF]
Habitat management for woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in southeastern British Columbia has generally focussed on protecting old-growth forests from logging.
Susan K. Stevenson
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Foraging dynamics and woodland caribou: A winter management conundrum
Research, primarily on the endangered Selkirk woodland caribou population has enabled biolo gists to answer many of the basic ecology questions pertaining to caribou in high snowpack ecosystems. Data have been collected on habitat selection (Freddy 1974; Scott and Servheen 1985; Simpson etal.
Rominger, Eric M.+2 more
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Successful and unsuccessful attempts to resolve caribou management and timber harvesting issues in west central Alberta [PDF]
Research studies of woodland caribou in west central Alberta began in 1979 in response to proposed timber harvesting on their winter ranges. Using results from initial studies, timber harvest guidelines were developed. A recent review of these guidelines,
David Hervieux+3 more
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Woodland caribou population decline in Alberta: fact or fiction?
We re-assessed the view of a major woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) population decline in Alberta. Several historical publications and provincial documents refer to this drastic decline as the major premise for the designation of Alberta's woodland caribou an endangered species. In the past, wildlife management and inventory techniques were
Bradshaw, C.J.A., Hebert, D.M.
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