Boreal Caribou Search Results
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Forest biomass is the second-largest renewable energy resource in Canada, representing a major pool in the global carbon budget, but better estimates of forest biomass are needed. In the 1980s...
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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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The Bipole III Transmission Project is a 1,388 km high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project traversing several ecozones. The project starts at the Keewatinohk converter station near...
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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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The Government of Alberta (GoA) is committed to maintaining jobs, building local economies, and supporting strong communities while conserving and wisely managing our public lands. An important part...
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Marco Raponi
David Beresford
James Schaefer
Ian Thompson
Philip Wiebe
Arthur Rodgers
John Fryxell
Habitat loss has been implicated in the decline of forest-dwelling caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou), but it is unknown how biting insects, potentially important components of boreal forest habitat...
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Authors
Fred Haavisto
Jim Fraser
Charles Mattice
Viability of black spruce ( Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) seeds after dispersal in nature or by man may be a crucial factor affecting regeneration of the species on boreal forest seedbeds. Some...
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Trees are constantly exposed to a multitude of micro-organisms, but only a few are capable of causing disease. When trees come under attack from micro-organisms, their primary line of defence is a...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
From a caribou’s perspective, seismic lines might be considered effectively ‘restored’—that is, the additional risk associated with them might be considered negligible—once vegetation reaches 50 cm
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To make up for timber losses caused by fire, salvage logging of burned timber is an economically attractive option. Improved logging practices could promote the establishment of regeneration while...
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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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Resource Date:
March
2012
This overview document collects knowledge and research on restoring degraded habitat for boreal ecotype woodland caribou. The objectives for this document are outlines below. Provide an overview of...
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Feedback received from stakeholders involved in existing and potential habitat restoration programs in Northeast British Columbia’s (NE BC) boreal caribou ranges indicate there is a need for the...
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Resource Date:
January
2015
This toolkit has been prepared as an operational handbook and is intended to guide implementation of reclamation techniques that will contribute to the restoration of caribou habitat. It is meant to...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
Monitoring of the Threatened woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou ) boreal population (hereafter boreal caribou) presents many challenges, as boreal caribou are broadly distributed in densely...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
Welcome! The following video provides a visual overview of the goals and objectives of the toolkit and explains how each of the tools within the toolkit work together. We encourage toolkit users to...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
The Data or Evidence Analysis section of the Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit is intended to include methods that can be used to analyze the field data associated with monitoring boreal caribou and...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
The Data or Evidence Gathering section of the Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit evaluates available monitoring approaches and their suitability for addressing specific monitoring objectives. The tools...
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National Boreal Caribou Knowledge Consortium
The Decision Tree of the Boreal Caribou Monitoring Toolkit is intended to help users discuss and potentially select the boreal caribou monitoring methods that are most suitable for their project or...