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The Decline of Lake Superior's Woodland Caribou: A Historical GIS Analysis [PDF]

open access: gold, 2022
Lake Superior’s woodland caribou have been declining since the early 1800s. This thesis asks: why? We hypothesize that as settlers expanded into the region, industrial development in woodland caribou habitat reduced woodland caribou persistence. Using an
Jordan W. Kelley
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Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces

open access: yesLand, 2023
The Canadian boreal forest biome has been subjected to a long history of management for wood production. Here, we examined the cumulative impacts of logging on older forests in terms of area, distribution and patch configuration in the managed forest ...
B. Mackey   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Herpesvirus Infection in Woodland Caribou in Alberta, Canada [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Wildlife Diseases, 2005
Sera and genital swabs collected from 121 adult woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in five subpopulations in northern Alberta, Canada, between December 1997 and October 1999, were examined for evidence of infection with herpesviruses or pestiviruses.
S V, Tessaro   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Examining the role of terrestrial lichen transplants in restoring woodland caribou winter habitat

open access: yesThe Forestry Chronicle, 2017
The development of habitat restoration techniques for restoring critical woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) winter habitat will play an important role in meeting the management thresholds in woodland caribou recovery plans.
Sean B. Rapai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The eastern migratory caribou: the role of genetic introgression in ecotype evolution [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2016
Understanding the evolutionary history of contemporary animal groups is essential for conservation and management of endangered species like caribou (Rangifer tarandus).
Cornelya F. C. Klütsch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lessons from integrating behaviour and resource selection: activity-specific responses of African wild dogs to roads [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Understanding how anthropogenic features affect species' abilities to move within landscapes is essential to conservation planning and requires accurate assessment of resource selection for movement by focal species.
Ashe   +40 more
core   +2 more sources

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

Developing a woodland caribou habitat mosaic on the Ogoki-Nakina North Forests of northwestern Ontario

open access: yesRangifer, 1998
The Ogoki-North Nakina Forests consist of (10 638 km2) unroaded boreal forest approximately 400 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario (lat 50°- 51°31'N, long 86°30'- 89°W).
I. Armstrong, G. Swant, H.R. Timmermann
doaj   +1 more source

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