Boreal Caribou Resources

Monitoring body mass and composition is important for detecting declining vigor in caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) populations. We developed regression models to predict body mass and composition...

Pathogens can impact host survival, fecundity, and population dynamics even when no obvious disease is observed. Few baseline data on pathogen prevalence and diversity of caribou are available, which...

This protocol is provided by Dr. Pratap Kafle. This protocol is for the differentiation of the first stage larvae of three protostrongylid nematodes that infect muskoxen and caribou in the Canadian...

In November 2023, a diverse group gathered in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for a 2-day caribou health and sampling workshop. The roughly 30 participants included residents of Kugluktuk, NU...

Imagine COVID-19 emerged not from Wuhan, China, a city of 11 million people, but in rural Mongolia or Siberia. How long would it have been before we identified this new pathogen in people? Dr. Susan...

Canada’s provinces and territories govern species at risk across most of Canada, with the federal Species at Risk Act generally covering only aquatic species, migratory birds, and species living on...

To develop effective management to maintain or restore populations of large herbivores, wildlife managers require sound empirical data on their variations in size and associated parameters. Many...

Large-scale genotyping platforms are currently being developed for several wild species. By querying thousands of polymorphic loci, genomics can be a useful ecological tool for describing and...

Anthropogenic habitat loss and fragmentation are major threats to ecosystems and a focus in conservation. However, conservation is often limited to considerations of site-level processes neglecting...

This article from The Narwhal uses Ontario’s southernmost caribou herd to illustrate how hard it is to bring a species back from the brink — and why we need to recognize tipping points before we reach...