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Assessment of the Barren Ground Caribou Die-off During Winter 2015-2016 Using Passive Microwave Observations
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Study investigates a die-off of 50 Arctic Barren Ground caribous on Prince Charles Island (Nunavut, Canada), in the summer of 2016, using passive microwave observations.
Birth Date Determines Early Calf Survival in Migratory Caribou
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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...
Conservation of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Canada: An Uncertain Future
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Caribou (Rangifer tarandus (L., 1758)) play a central role in the ecology and culture of much of Canada, where they were once the most abundant cervid. Most populations are currently declining, and...
Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity
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DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
Detection of Rain-On-Snow (ROS) Events and Ice Layer Formation Using Passive Microwave Radiometry: A Context for Peary Caribou Habitat in the Canadian Arctic
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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...
Enhanced Revegetation and Reclamation of Oil Sands Disturbed Sites Using Actinorhizal and Mycorrhizal Biotechnology
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Preliminary results, after two growth seasons, show promise in the use of pre-inoculated seedlings in enhancing growth and establishment of alders and conifers on oil sands reclamation sites.
Finding Lichen for Caribou
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A storymap website that explains the importance of lichen as a food source for caribou and the first steps of a project for mapping lichen undertaken by Natural Resources Canada's Canada Centre for...
From Diet to Hair and Blood: Empirical Estimation of Discrimination Factors for C and N Stable Isotopes in Five Terrestrial Mammals
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Abstract Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios are used widely to describe wildlife animal diet composition and trophic interactions. To reconstruct consumer diet, the isotopic differences between...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
Improving Peary Caribou Presence Predictions in MaxEntUsing Spatialized Snow Simulations
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In this article, the researchers 1) investigate whether a snow model adapted for the Antarctic (SNOWPACK) can produce snow simulations relevant to Canadian High Arctic conditions, and 2) test snow...
Integrated Watershed Management Plan for the North Saskatchewan River in Alberta
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This Integrated Watershed Management Plan (IWMP) lays out recommendations and an approach to manage the North Saskatchewan River (NSR) Watershed.
Knowledge in Know-vember Speaker Series
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November 3rd, 2020 at 12:00pm MST to November 3rd, 2020 at 1:00pm MST
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NSWA Knowledge in Know-vember speaker series highlights partnerships with – EPCOR, NGOs, Government of Alberta, and stewardship groups. We wish we could see you in person, but for now, the speaker...
Knowledge in Know-vember Speaker Series
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November 10th, 2020 at 12:00pm MST to November 10th, 2020 at 1:00pm MST
, AB
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NSWA Knowledge in Know-vember speaker series highlights partnerships with – EPCOR, NGOs, Government of Alberta, and stewardship groups. We wish we could see you in person, but for now, the speaker...
Knowledge in Know-vember Speaker Series
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November 17th, 2020 at 12:00pm MST to November 17th, 2020 at 1:00pm MST
, AB
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NSWA Knowledge in Know-vember speaker series highlights partnerships with – EPCOR, NGOs, Government of Alberta, and stewardship groups. We wish we could see you in person, but for now, the speaker...
Knowledge in Know-vember Speaker Series
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November 24th, 2020 at 12:00pm MST to November 24th, 2020 at 1:00pm MST
, AB
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NSWA Knowledge in Know-vember speaker series highlights partnerships with – EPCOR, NGOs, Government of Alberta, and stewardship groups. We wish we could see you in person, but for now, the speaker...
Land Use Planning: Global Land Outlook Working Paper
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This brief presents evidence of land use planning, spatial planning, territorial (or regional) planning, and ecosystem-based or environmental land use planning as tools that can strengthen land governance, improve economic opportunities based on sustainable management of land resources, and develop land use options that reconcile conservation and development objectives.
Linking Habitat, Predators and Alternative Prey to Explain Recruitment Variations of an Endangered Caribou Population
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Habitat loss, fragmentation and alteration are frequently identified as important threats to biodiversity, inducing major changes in the structure and composition of species communities and the...