Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Phil Lyver
Łutsël K'É Dene First Nation
Information from aboriginal elders and hunters on changes in barren-ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) body condition can assist current management systems. Interviews with Denésǫłiné elders and...
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Patrick Walsh
Trevor Goward
Understanding the recovery rate of overgrazed lichen communities has value to mangers of lands in northern regions. We describe lichen community composition and present recovery rate measurements for...
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Craig DeMars
Robert Serrouya
M.A. Mumma
M.P. Gillingham
Scott McNay
Stan Boutin
Natural disturbance plays a key role in shaping community dynamics. Within Canadian boreal forests, the dominant form of natural disturbance is fire, and its effects are thought to influence the...
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Ryan Gill
Robert Serrouya
A.M. Calvert
Adam Ford
R. Steenweg
Michael Noonan
Resource Date:
October
2023
Abstract The long-term conservation of species at risk relies on numerous, and often concurrent, management actions to support their recovery. Generally, these actions are habitat-based while others...
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Laura Finnegan
Jennifer Hird
Karine Pigeon
Jerome Cranston
Mark Hebblewhite
Marco Musiani
Lalenia Neufeld
Fiona Schmiegelow
Julie Duval
Goron Stenhouse
The paper by the Caribou Program (and GIS and Grizzly Bear Programs) breaks down how seismic lines are influencing predator movement by season and species. This infographic was illustrated by Jennifer...
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Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope)
A 2018 2-page fact sheet on competition between muskoxen and caribou, focused mostly on the Porcupine herd range. It concludes that, “...the two species are not likely to compete with each other for...
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This infographic is an introduction to My Tree, a free app developed by the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) that can assist you in selecting the right trees to plant for your location. You can download...
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Millicent Gaston
Andrew Barnas
Rebecca Smith
Sean Murray
Jason Fisher
Many large carnivores, despite widespread habitat alteration, are rebounding in parts of their former ranges after decades of persecution and exploitation. Cougars (Puma concolor) are apex predator...
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Steve Wilson
Wendy Crosina
Elston Dzus
Dave Hervieux
Philip McLoughlin
Laura Trout
Thomas Nudds
Resource Date:
November
2022
Delineating relevant local populations of widely distributed species is a common challenge in conservation ecology. Caribou and reindeer ( Rangifer tarandus) are in general decline throughout their...
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Charles Marty
Joanie Piquette
Hubert Morin
Denis Bussières
Nelson Thiffault
Daniel Houle
Robert Bradley
Myrna Simpson
Rock Ouimet
Maxime Paré
The forest floor of boreal forest stores large amounts of organic C that may react to a warming climate and increased N deposition. It is therefore crucial to assess the impact of these factors on the...
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Hannah Correia
Torkild Tveraa
Audun Stien
Nigel Yoccoz
Global temperatures are increasing, affecting timing and availability of vegetation along with relationships between plants and their consumers. We examined the effect of population density, herd body...
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Teri Jones
Micheline Manseau
Brandon Merriell
Gigi Pitoello
Dave Hervieux
Paul Wilson
Resource Date:
November
2023
Abstract Understanding how individuals within populations are connected genetically and through shared space-use is critical to understanding the demographic patterns of at-risk populations. In recent...
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Mathieu Dumond
Shane Sather
Rob Harmer
The seasonal migration of the Dolphin and Union caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd between Victoria Island and the mainland (Nunavut/Northwest Territories, Canada) relies on the formation...
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Quinn Webber
Jack Hendrix
Alec Robitaille
Eric Vanderwal
During fieldwork on 30 May 2017, we observed an unmarked adult male caribou swim between two smaller islands, a distance of 470 m, which took approximately 9 minutes. Given that swimming is...
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Deborah Simmons
Walter Bayha
Danny Beaulieu
Daniel Gladu
Micheline Manseau
The 13th North American Caribou Workshop in 2010 was the venue for a remarkable forum of Aboriginal knowledge holders in which experiences and ideas about caribou research and stewardship were shared...
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Nelson Zabel
Amanda Soliguin
Johan Wiklund
Jean Birks
John Gibson
Xiaoying Fan
Brent Wolfe
Roland Hall
Effective environmental monitoring requires knowledge of inherent natural variation. In the absence of pre-development monitoring of aquatic ecosystems, paleolimnological approaches have been...
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An undated two page fact sheet from the Government of Nunavut, in English and Inuktitut. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources...
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Canadian Conservation and Land Management Network
This infographic synthesizes knowledge from a variety of resources on the Canadian and Conservation Land Management (CCLM) Knowledge Portal. It highlights some important considerations for managers...
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C.E. Hebert
Mary Gamberg
B.T. Elkin
M. Simon
R.J. Norstrom
The presence of contaminants in the Arctic environment has raised concerns regarding levels in wildlife and possible effects on the health of wildlife populations. In addition, contaminants in wild...
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Rebecca Taylor
Micheline Manseau
Cornelya Klütsch
Jean Polfus
Audrey Steedman
Dave Hervieux
Allicia Kelly
Nicholas Larter
Mary Gamberg
Helen Schwantje
Paul Wilson
Pleistocene glacial cycles influenced the diversification of high- latitude wildlife species through recurrent periods of range contraction, isolation, divergence, and expansion from refugia and...