Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Authors
Mathieu Dumond
Shane Sather
Rob Harmer
The seasonal migration of the Dolphin and Union caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd between Victoria Island and the mainland (Nunavut/Northwest Territories, Canada) relies on the formation...
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Jean-Pierre Ouellet
Douglas Heard
Robert Mulders
This paper is a review of the ecology of two caribou populations inhabiting predator-free northern islands, Coats and Southampton Island. Findings are analyzed in light of the hypothesis that in...
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This 2012 publication is adapted from remarks by Yellowknives Dene hunter Fred Sangris. He covers many subjects including the relationship of Dene to the caribou, traditional laws governing relations...
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Jessica Theoret
Maria Cavedon
Troy Hegel
Dave Hervieux
Helen Schwantje
Robin Steenweg
Megan Watters
Marco Musiani
We aimed at assessing seasonal movement behaviours, including migratory, resident, dispersing, and nomadic, for caribou belonging to the Barren-ground and Woodland subspecies and ecotypes. Our unexpected findings of marked seasonal movement plasticity in caribou indicate that this phenomenon should be better studied to understand the resilience of this endangered species to habitat and climatic changes. Our results that a substantial proportion of individuals engaged in seasonal migration in all studied ecotypes indicate that caribou conservation plans should account for critical habitat in both summer and winter ranges.
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Authors
Madeleine McGreer
Erin Mallon
Lucas Vander Vennen
Philip Wiebe
James Baker
Glen Brown
Tal Avgar
Jevon Hagens
Andrew Kittle
Anna Mosser
Garrett Street
Doug Reid
Arthur Rodgers
Jennifer Shuter
Ian Thompson
Merritt Turetsky
Steven Newmaster
Brent Patterson
John Fryxell
Resource Date:
December
2015
The relationship between selection at coarse and fine spatiotemporal spatial scales is still poorly understood. Some authors claim that, to accommodate different needs at different scales, individuals...
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Authors
Steven Wilson
Glenn Sutherland
Nicholas Larter
Allicia Kelly
Ashley McLaren
James Hodson
Troy Hegel
Robin Steenweg
Dave Hervieux
Thomas Nudds
Understanding spatial distributions of organisms and the consequences for conservation policy and management decisions remain important challenges. We describe a method for grouping caribou into plausible candidate Local Population Units that may better approximate geographic closure than the existing LPUs.
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Fabien St-Pierre
Pierre Drapeau
Martin-Hughes St-Laurent
Resource Date:
February
2022
By showing which forest roads are more used by caribou predators (wolves and bears) and its apparent competitor (moose), our study highlights the importance of considering both road-scale characteristics and the landscape context in which roads are built to prioritize the most detrimental roads to caribou conservation and guide efficient restoration efforts of its habitat.
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Authors
Eric Palm
Shaun Fluker
Holly Nesbitt
Aerin Jacob
Mark Hebblewhite
Identifying habitat that is essential to the recovery of species at risk, known as critical habitat, is a major focus of species at risk legislation, yet there has been little research on the degree...
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Owen Slater
Amber Backwell
Rachel Cook
John Cook
Long-distance transport of caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) can result in morbidities and mortalities. This case report describes the use of a long-acting tranquilizer, zuclopenthixol acetate (ZA) and...
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Authors
Ève Rioux
Fanie Pelletier
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Resource Date:
March
2022
Documenting trophic niche partitioning and resource use within a community is critical to evaluate underlying mechanisms of coexistence, competition, or predation. Detailed knowledge about foraging is...
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Brenda Parlee
John Sandlos
David Natcher
Resource Date:
February
2018
The paper describes a “tragedy of open access” occurring in Canada’s north as governments open up new areas of sensitive barren-ground caribou habitat to mineral resource development. A growing body of science and traditional knowledge research points to the adverse impacts of resource development; however, management efforts have been almost exclusively focused on controlling the subsistence harvest of northern Indigenous peoples.
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Authors
Jan Adamczewski
Anne Gunn
Kim Poole
Alex Hall
John Nishi
John Boulanger
The Beverly herd was one of the first large migratory herds of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) defined in northern Canada on the basis of annual return of breeding females to...