Boreal Caribou Resources

Parasites negatively affect the fitness of ungulate hosts directly, and in wild ungulates, these effects may be synzootic with other stressors, such as limited nutritional resources. In the Arctic...

Series of images showing caribou anatomy.

Reindeer and caribou (Rangifer tarandus) populations across the circumpolar north are facing dramatic impacts in response to climate change and human development. Despite a shared interest in Rangifer...

A 1-page visual factsheet of Tlicho Terms for caribou anatomy, as adapted from The Rangifer Anatomy Project: Developing Tools for Community and Scientific Approaches to Caribou Structure and Function.

The Nutritional Food Fact Sheet series provides nutritional information about the most commonly eaten traditional foods, as well as the most popular vegetables, in the Northwest Territories. Caribou...

Reindeer are numerous and widespread across the northern Holarctic. They are efficient long-distance migrants and are able to cope with variations in substrate, such as ice, snow, uneven forest Xoor...

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...