Boreal Caribou Search Results
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Cladonia subgenus Cladina (the reindeer lichens) can be a dominant part of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. They are particularly abundant in arctic-alpine and boreal regions, where they are a...
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Ilona Kater
Robert Baxter
The survival of reindeer during winter, their period of greatest food stress, depends largely on the abundance and accessibility of forage in their pastures. In Northern Sweden, realized availability...
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There is an existing gap in knowledge on the economic impacts of caribou recovery measures on forestry activities and non-renewable resource extraction. To address this knowledge gap, this project...
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Marco Raponi
David Beresford
James Schaefer
Ian Thompson
Philip Wiebe
Arthur Rodgers
John Fryxell
Habitat loss has been implicated in the decline of forest-dwelling caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou), but it is unknown how biting insects, potentially important components of boreal forest habitat...
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Al Arsenault
C.E. Smith
C. Hunnie
J. Daisley
D. West
C. Miller
G. Vaadeland
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) undertook an assessment of the Pasquia-Bog area to characterize the range using best available science and information.
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Libby Ehlers
Gabrielle Coulombe
Jim Herriges
Torsten Bentzen
Michael Suitor
Kyle Joly
Mark Hebblewhite
Summer diets are crucial for large herbivores in the subarctic and are affected by weather, harassment from insects and a variety of environmental changes linked to climate. Yet, understanding...
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Kaysandra Waldron
Nelson Thiffault
Frédéric Bujold
Jean-Claude Ruel
Jean-Martin Lussier
Dominique Boucher
The Eastern boreal forests of Quebec, Canada, have been extensively harvested over the past decades. Second growth stands originating from sites harvested between 1920 and 1950 will soon reach the...
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Erin Mallon
Merritt Turetsky
Ian Thompson
John Fryxell
Philip Wiebe
Boreal forest development is influenced by both natural and anthropogenic disturbances that alter stand structure and nutrient cycling over decadal timescales. The effects of disturbance on boreal...
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Melanie Dickie
Geoff Sherman
Glenn Sutherland
Robert McNay
Michael Cody
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September
2022
In the paper 'Evaluating the impact of caribou habitat restoration on predator and prey movement', the authors evaluated movement responses of wolves, black bears, caribou, and moose on seismic lines...
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Susan Kutz
Sylvia Checkley
Guilherme Verocai
Mathieu Dumond
Eric Hoberg
Rod Peacock
Jessica Wu
Karin Orsel
Karin Seegers
Amy Warren
Arthur Abrams
Climate warming is occurring at an unprecedented rate in the Arctic and is having profound effects on host-parasite interactions, including range expansion. Recently, two species of protostrongylid...
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Eric Post
Christian Pedersen
David Watts
Ecological rarity, characterized by low abundance or limited distribution, is typical of most species, yet our understanding of what factors contribute to the persistence of rare species remains...
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Laura Finnegan
Suzanne Stevenson
Chris Johnson
Tracy McKay
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February
2021
With of goal of understanding how silviculture and harvesting practices might mirror those of natural disturbances, here we summarize research describing differences in responses of caribou and...
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Deborah Jenkins
Nicola Lecomte
James Schaefer
Steffen Olsen
Didier Swingedouw
Steeve Côté
Loıc Pellissier
Glenn Yannic
Global warming threatens to reduce population connectivity for terrestrial wildlife through significant and rapid changes to sea ice. Using genetic fingerprinting, we contrasted extant connectivity in...
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Orphé Bichet
Angélique Dupuch
Christian Hébert
Hélène Le Borgne
Daniel Fortin
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February
2016
With the intensification of human activities, preserving animal populations is a contemporary challenge of critical importance. In this context, the umbrella species concept is appealing because...
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September
2017
We, Fort Nelson First nation (FNFN), are People of the land and the rivers and have lived in our territory in northeastern British Columbia since time immemorial. We are also Treaty people. Treaty No...
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Jack Kruse
Robert White
Howard Epstein
Billy Archie
Matt Berman
Stephen Braund
Stuart Chapin III
Johnny Charlie, Sr.
Colin Daniel
Joan Eamer
Nick Flanders
Brad Griffith
Sharman Haley
Lee Huskey
Bernice Joseph
David Klein
Gary Kofinas
Stephanie Martin
Stephen Murphy
William Nebesky
Craig Nicolson
Don Russell
Joe Tetlichi
Arlon Tussing
Marilyn Walker
Oran Young
Abstract How will climate change affect the sustainability of Arctic villages over the next 40 years? This question motivated a collaboration of 23 researchers and four Arctic communities (Old Crow...
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Hannah Correia
Torkild Tveraa
Audun Stien
Nigel Yoccoz
Global temperatures are increasing, affecting timing and availability of vegetation along with relationships between plants and their consumers. We examined the effect of population density, herd body...
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Pasquia-Bog Woodland Caribou Range Plan - version as recommended to Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Secretariat.
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Frank Miller
Samuel Barry
Wendy Calvert
The islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago lie immediately north of mainland North America in the Arctic Ocean. They are surrounded by ice for most of each year. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) cross...
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The Boreal Caribou Ecological Model is a conceptual model which illustrates the key ecosystem factors, mechanisms, pathways and interactions mediating the well known national disturbance-recruitment...