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Caribou Genome
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This site provides a BLAST utility for searching the caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) genome and a download section containing the genome data. As new versions of the genome become available, the website...
Caribou Genomics: A National Non-invasive Monitoring Approach for an Iconic and Model Species at Risk
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Project Description: This project is developing a foundational genomics platform to: enable long-term, non-invasive genomic monitoring of boreal caribou; allow for validated cross-compatibility among...
Increasing Contributions of Peatlands to Boreal Evapotranspiration in a Warming Climate
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The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The...
Large Stocks of Peatland Carbon and Nitrogen are Vulnerable to Permafrost Thaw
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Northern peatlands have accumulated large stocks of organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N), but their spatial distribution and vulnerability to climate warming remain uncertain. Here, we used machine...
Learning from our Elders - Northern Indigenous perspectives on climate and environmental change
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Project Description: The project was a short-term research exchange between Indigenous communities and scholars in Canada and Sweden, comparing Elder's perspectives on changing environments and...
Learning from our Elders: Aboriginal Perspectives on Climate Change and Reindeer/Caribou Habitat in the Circumboreal Forest
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Excerpt from resource description: The northernmost regions in the world are projected to suffer the most severe consequences of climate change. Natural resource-based communities and Indigenous...
Tundra Game Drives: An Arctic-Alpine Comparison
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Stone fences and blinds built by prehistoric hunters to gather and ambush elk and bighorn sheep above timberline in the Colorado Front Range are similar in concept and function to structures built by...