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Archaeological Documentation of Wood Caribou Fences Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Very High-resolution Satellite Imagery in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories
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Abstract Indigenous peoples of Canada’s North have long made use of boreal forest products, with wooden drift fences to direct caribou movement towards kill sites as unique examples. Caribou fences...
Arctic Tundra Caribou and Climatic Change: Questions of Temporal and Spatial Scales
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Climatic changes have affected populations of caribou and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) at scales ranging from a single winter to tens of thousands of years, and from micro-habitats to entire...
Arctic Tundra Caribou and Climatic Change: Questions of Temporal and Spatial Scales
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This project looks at the effects of short and long term climatic change on caribou populations in the Arctic. The research concluded that Arctic ecological studies require extensive spatial and...
Assessing Pathogen Prevalence and the Health of Ungulates in West-central Alberta Caribou Ranges
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This project will gather data on the disease and parasites carried by moose, deer, and elk to determine the risk of transmission to caribou. Land managers need to know the threats faced by caribou in...
Assessing the Health-fitness Dynamics of Endangered Mountain Caribou and the Influence of Maternal Penning
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Abstract The health of wildlife plays a crucial role in population demography by connecting habitat and physiology. Southern mountain caribou, a population of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus...
Assessing Trends in Caribou Harvest
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Two-page summary of research on the impacts of caribou declines on several communities in northern NWT.
Association of Environmental Factors with Seasonal Intensity of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Seropositivity among Arctic Caribou
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Several caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) populations have been declining concurrently with increases in infectious diseases in the Arctic. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a zoonotic bacterium, was first...
Barren-ground Caribou
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A website giving information on the barren-ground herds in the NWT. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources click here.
Barren-ground Caribou Co-management in the Northwest Territories
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A 21-page booklet explaining the different responsibilities and authroities for managing all of the barren-ground caribou herds in the NWT. It includes information on responsibilities for herds that...
Barren-ground Caribou in the NWT: Bathurst herd
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This is a two-page fact sheet on the herd from the Government of the Northwest Territories. Undated but recent. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find...
Barren-ground Caribou in the NWT: Bluenose-East Herd
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2-page fact sheet on the Bluenose-East caribou herd. Related Herds: Bluenose-East This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources click...
Baseline States of Organic Constituents in the Athabasca River System Upstream of Fort McMurray
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Investigations were carried out on the Athabasca River upstream of Fort McMurray to determine the baseline quantities of organic constituents and their contribution to the organic water quality
Bathurst Caribou Health Guide
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Visual assessment of caribou health is very difficult. To better understand the current health status of Bathurst caribou, Kaitlyn Dornstauder, a University of Calgary Veterinary student working in...
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan
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This document describes a Bathurst Caribou Range Plan (BCRP or Range Plan) for the Bathurst barren-ground caribou herd. The Range Plan is based on knowledge sources and perspectives grounded in both...
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan - Interim Discussion Document
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A long 2016 document that was used as background for the development of the Bathurst Herd Range Plan. It includes a report from an Indigenous knowledge workshop on the herd. It also contains maps of...
Bathurst Caribou Range Plan Summary
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This 8-page document from 2019 is a simple summary of the Bathurst caribou range plan. Related Herds: Bathurst This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find...
Behaviour is More Important Than Thermal Performance for an Arctic Host–parasite System Under Climate Change
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An academic paper reporting on combined experimentation and modeling to try to assess the effects of climate change on a common caribou/reindeer gut parasite.
Boreal and Peary caribou listed for another 10 years on the NWT List of Species at Risk
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A decision to list Boreal caribou and Peary caribou on the Northwest Territories List of Species at Risk for another ten years was recently made by the Conference of Management Authorities. The...
Boreal Caribou Sustainable Harvest - Plain Language Summary Report
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In 2014, boreal caribou in the NWT were listed as a Threatened species under the NWT Species at Risk Act and a NWT Recovery Strategy was prepared to guide boreal caribou recovery actions. One of the...