Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Authors
Jordan Seider
Trevor Lantz
Txomin Hermosilla
Michael Wulder
Jonathan Wang
Temperature increases across the circumpolar north have driven rapid increases in vegetation productivity, often described as ‘greening’. These changes have been widespread, but spatial variation in...
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Authors
Deborah Jenkins
Nicolas Lecomte
Geoffrey Andrews
Glenn Yannic
James Schaefer
Resource Date:
December
2020
An academic paper looking at what might best predict habitat for Peary caribou and muskox in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. the paper models what it considers likely key habitat for both species in...
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Authors
Barbara Vuillaume
Julien Richard
Sandra Hamel
Joëlle Taillon
Marco Festa-Bianchet
Steeve Côté
Resource Date:
August
2023
Abstract The decline of most caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) populations underlines the need to understand the determinants of key demographic parameters. In migratory caribou, we have limited...
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Authors
Frances Stewart
Joshua Nowak
Tatiane Micheletti
Eliot McIntire
Fiona Schmiegelow
Steven Cumming
Resource Date:
August
2020
Abstract: For species at risk, it is important that demographic models be consistent with our most recent knowledge because alternate model versions can have differing predictions for wildlife and...
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Authors
Clayton Lamb
Roland Willson
Allyson Menzies
Naomi Owens-Beek
Michael Price
Scott McNay
Sarah Otto
Mateen Hessami
Jesse Popp
Mark Hebblewhite
Adam Ford
Endangered species laws effectively prevent species extinction but fall short in restoring abundance for culturally important species. Legal agreements between Indigenous peoples and countries...
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Authors
Mary Gamberg
A. Scheuhammer
Cadmium, zinc, copper and metallothionein concentrations were measured in liver and kidney tissue of caribou and muskoxen collected from various sites in the Canadian Yukon and Northwest Territories...
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Authors
Piyush Jain
Quinn Barber
Steve Taylor
Ellen Whitman
Dante Castellanos Acuna
Yan Boulanger
Raphael Chavardes
Jack Chen
Peter Englefield
Mike Flannigan
Martin Girardin
Chelene Hanes
John Little
Kimberly Morrison
Rob Skakun
Dan Thompson
Xianli Wang
Marc-Andre Parisien
The 2023 wildfire season in Canada was unprecedented in its scale and intensity. Spanning from late April to early November and extending across much of the forested regions of Canada, the season...
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Authors
Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis
Sarah Endicott
Jessica Guezen
Threatened species lists describe the conservation status of species and are key tools used to inform decisions for biodiversity conservation. These lists are rich in information obtained during...
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Authors
Kyle Joly
Anne Gunn
Steeve Côté
Manuela Panzacchi
Jan Adamczewski
Michael Suitor
Eliezer Gurarie
Caribou and reindeer, Rangifer tarandus, are the most numerous and socio-ecologically important terrestrial species in the Arctic. Their migrations are directly and indirectly affected by the seasonal...
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Authors
Ted Armstrong
Michael Gluck
Glen Hooper
Iain Mettam
Gerald Racey
Marc Rondeau
The range of Ontario’s woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) (forest-dwelling ecotype) has receded northward substantially over many decades, leading to its current Threatened designation...
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Authors
Barry Nobert
Terrence Larsen
Karine Pigeon
Laura Finnegan
Resource Date:
April
2020
Abstract Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest...
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Authors
Tiff-Annie Kenny
Myriam Fillion
Sarah Simpkin
Sonia Wesche
Hing Man Chan
A 2018 academic paper examining the relationship between Inuit nutrition and caribou. It found that “Caribou was the top dietary source of protein in Nunavut (up to 35% of total intake) and the ISR...
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Authors
Heather Johnson
Trevor Golden
Layne Adams
David Gustine
Elizabeth Lenart
Resource Date:
December
2020
Increasing demands for energy have generated interest in expanding oil and gas production on the North Slope of Alaska, USA, raising questions about the resilience of barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer...
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Authors
David Borish
Ashlee Cunsolo
Jamie Snook
Inez Shiwak
Michele Wood
HERD Caribou Project Steering Committee
Ian Mauro
Cate Dewey
Sherilee Harper
Examines the critical interplay between cultural continuity and adaptive capacity for responding to ecological uncertainty based on an Inuit-led, multi-year, multi-media qualitative and visual media
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Authors
Aaron Lecciones
Kevin Serrona
Ma Catriona Devandera
Amy Lecciones
Jeongsoo Yu
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Authors
Don Russell
Anne Gunn
Robert White
Caribou and wild reindeer ( Rangifer) are integral to ecology and Aboriginal lives and culture in circumArctic regions. Since reaching peak size in the 1990s, most herds have been declining, while...
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Authors
Catherine Gagnon
Sandra Hamel
Don Russell
James Andre
Annie Buckle
David Haogak
Jessi Pascal
Esau Schafer
Todd Powell
Michael Svoboda
Dominique Berteaux
Migratory tundra caribou are ecologically and culturally critical in the circumpolar North. However, they are declining almost everywhere in North America, probably due to natural variation...
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Authors
Chloé Morineau
Yan Boulanger
Philippe Gachon
Sabrina Plante
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Resource Date:
September
2023
Abstract The contraction of species range is one of the most significant symptoms of biodiversity loss worldwide. While anthropogenic activities and habitat alteration are major threats for several...
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Authors
Frances Stewart
Tatiane Micheletti
Steven Cumming
Ceres Barros
Alex Chubaty
Amanda Dookie
Isabelle Duclos
Ian Eddy
Samuel Haché
James Hodson
Josie Hughes
Cheryl Johnson
Mathieu Leblond
Fiona Schmiegelow
Junior Tremblay
Eliot McIntire
Resource Date:
February
2023
Most research on boreal populations of Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) has been conducted in areas of high anthropogenic disturbance. However, a large portion of the species’ range...
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Authors
Tracy McKay
Karine Pigeon
Terrence Larsen
Laura Finnegan
Resource Date:
February
2021
Abstract In western Canada, anthropogenic disturbances resulting from resource extraction activities are associated with habitat loss and altered predator–prey dynamics. These habitat changes are...