Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Jean Polfus
Kimberly Heinemeyer
Mark Hebblewhite
Taku River Tlingit First Nation
Negotiating the complexities of wildlife management increasingly requires new approaches, especially where data may be limited. A robust combination of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and...
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Jennifer Buss
Anna Dabros
Kellina Higgins
James Hammond
Jaime Pinzon
David Langor
The industrial footprint of oil and gas extraction in Alberta, Canada dissects the landscape in a network of linear and polygonal disturbances such as roads and well pads. The changes to biotic and...
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Authors
Joseph Silva
Scott Nielsen
P.D. McLoughlin
A.R. Rodgers
C. Hague
Stan Boutin
Resource Date:
October
2020
Abstract By regulating successional dynamics in Canada’s boreal forest, fires can affect the distribution of the Threatened woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)). Caribou tend...
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Philip Walker
Arthur Rodgers
Jennifer Shuter
Ian Thompson
John Fryxell
John Cook
Rachel Cook
Eveyln Merrill
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...
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Lauren Thompson
M. Low
Renae Shewan
Christopher Schulze
M. Simba
Oliver Sonnentag
Suzanne Tank
David Olefeldt
Boreal rivers deliver dissolved organic carbon (DOC), mercury (Hg), and its neurotoxic form, methylmercury (MeHg), from contributing landscapes to downstream waters. In northern regions, thawing...
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Marieke Heemskerk
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Karen Wilson
This paper suggests that researchers can improve interdisciplinary science through the use of conceptual models as a communication tool. The authors share lessons from a workshop in which...
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NACW 2018 Organizing Committee
This conference program provides details about the 17 North American Caribou Workshop. It contains the agenda and abstracts for all presentations. Scientific and Indigenous Knowledge have well...
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Maria Tengo
Eduardo Brondizio
Thomas Elmqvist
Pernilla Malmer
Marja Spierenburg
Indigenous and local knowledge systems as well as practitioners’ knowledge can provide valid and useful knowledge to enhance our understanding of governance of biodiversity and ecosystems for human...
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Daniel Miller
Ivan Scales
Michael Mascia
Resource Date:
January
2023
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...
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Authors
Ronnie Drever
Chantal Hutchison
Mark Drever
Daniel Fortin
Cheryl Ann Johnson
Yolanda Wiersma
Resource Date:
April
2019
Assessment of the focal/umbrella value of boreal caribou for conservation of mammalian and avian richness, based on evaluation of co-occurrence and conducting systematic conservation planning.
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Mary Gamberg
Christine Cuyler
Xiaowa Wang
Two caribou populations in West Greenland were sampled and the kidneys, liver and muscle analyzed for contaminants, including aluminum, arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, selenium and zinc...
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Ophélie Couriot
Matthew Cameron
Kyle Joly
Jan Adamczewski
Mitch Campbell
Tracy Davison
Anne Gunn
Allicia Kelly
Mathieu Leblond
Judy Williams
William Fagan
Anna Brose
Eliezer Gurarie
Warming temperatures and advancing spring are affecting annual snow and ice cycles, as well as plant phenology, across the Arctic and boreal regions. These changes may be linked to observed population...
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Marleen Eikelenboom
Conor Higgins
Christian John
Jeff Kerby
Mads Forchhammer
Eric Post
Analyzed the population dynamics and offspring production of sympatric caribou and muskoxen in West Greenland over an 18-year period (2002–2019) during which the timing of spring green-up has advanced
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Authors
David Klein
Lisa Moorehead
Jack Kruse
Stephen Braund
Abstract Attitudes and perceptions toward caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) management practices held by users and managers of the Western Arctic Herd (WAH) in Alaska and the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds...
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Magali Houde
Eva Krümmel
Tero Mustonen
Jeremy Brammer
Tanya Brown
John Chételat
Parnuna Egede Dahl
Rune Dietz
Marlene Evans
Mary Gamberg
Marie-Josée Gauthier
José Gérin-Lajoie
Aviaja Lyberth Hauptmann
Joel Heath
Dominique Henri
Jane Kirk
Brian Laird
Mélanie Lemire
Ann Lennert
Robert Letcher
Sarah Lord
Lisa Loseto
Gwyneth MacMillan
Stefan Mikaelsson
Edda Mutter
Todd O'Hara
Sonja Ostertag
Martin Robards
Vyacheslav Shad
Arctic Indigenous Peoples are among the most exposed humans when it comes to foodborne mercury (Hg). In response, Hg monitoring and research have been on-going in the circumpolar Arctic since about...
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Authors
Melanie Dickie
Scott McNay
Glenn Sutherland
Michael Cody
Tal Avgar
Resource Date:
September
2019
The objective of this study is to evaluate wolf, black bear, moose and caribou responses to anthropogenic linear features, attempting to determine whether these features are perceived as movement...
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Authors
Jean Polfus
Deborah Simmons
Michael Neyelle
Walter Bayha
Frederick Andrew
Leon Andrew
Bethann Merkle
Keren Rice
Micheline Manseau
Demonstration of how visual art can be used in combination with scientific and social science methods to examine the biocultural landscape of the Sahtú region of the Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Authors
William Tyson
Trevor Lantz
Natalie Ban
Resource Date:
November
2016
Abstract The Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) in the western Canadian Arctic is experiencing environmental changes that affect subsistence harvesting practices and are of concern to local...
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Authors
Loïc D’Orangeville
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Laura Boisvert-Marsh
Xianliang Zhang
Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau
Malcolm Itter
This is a chapter from the book, Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change: Sustainable Management . Measuring climate change impacts on forest ecosystems can be challenging, as many of these...
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Authors
Ian Best
Leonie Brown
Che Elkin
Laura Finnegan
Cameron McClelland
Chris Johnson
Context Large-scale natural disturbances are crucial drivers of ecosystem function and composition for many forested ecosystems. In the last century, the prevalence of anthropogenic disturbances has...