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Resource Date:
March
2021
This report describes an assessment of the evidence for a conservation breeding program being proposed by Parks Canada to recover threatened woodland caribou populations in Jasper National Park. This...
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Clayton Lamb
E. Dubman
R.S. McNay
L. Giguere
Y. Majchrzak
C. Thacker
O. Slater
B. Macbeth
N. Owens-Beek
B. Muir
Adam Ford
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...
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There is an existing gap in knowledge on the economic impacts of caribou recovery measures on forestry activities and non-renewable resource extraction. To address this knowledge gap, this project...
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Government of Northwest Territories
Two-page summary of research on the impacts of caribou declines on several communities in northern NWT.
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Olaf Niemann
Fabio Visintini
Changes observed in the foliage of trees killed by bark beetles are usually described in terms of stages that have been related to a specific timeframe. The “green attack” stage is the period of time...
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Caroline Dolant
Benoit Montpetit
A. Langlois
Ludovic Brucker
O. Zolina
Cheryl Johnson
A. Royer
Paul Smith
Resource Date:
April
2018
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.
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Alejandro Aleuy
Michele Anholt
Karin Orsel
Fabien Mavrot
Catherine Gagnon
Kimberlee Beckmen
Steeve Côté
Christine Cuyler
Andrew Dobson
Brett Elkin
Lisa-Marie Leclerc
Joëlle Taillon
Susan Kutz
Resource Date:
August
2022
Several caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) populations have been declining concurrently with increases in infectious diseases in the Arctic. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, a zoonotic bacterium, was first...
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There is insufficient functional habitat to maintain and increase current caribou distribution and population growth rates within the Athabasca Landscape area. Boreal caribou will not persist for more...
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Enrique Doblas-Miranda
Daniel Kneeshaw
Phil Burton
Barry Cooke
Marie-Josée Fortin
David MacLean
Rongzhou Man
Michael Papaik
Brian Sturtevant
Insect outbreaks are natural and recurring disturbances that have a greater impact on wood-fibre supply than wildfires. Proactive rather than reactive management strategies provide the best...
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With climate change, current research predicts an increase in forest fires in the wildland-human interface or WHI; several inhabited areas will be more at risk in the years to come. Despite this...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Estimating carbon...
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Margaret Penner
Joanne White
Murray Woods
Forest canopy vertical layering influences stand development and yield and is critical information for forest management planning and wood supply analysis. It is also relevant for other applications...
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Jorge Castro
Domingo Alcaraz-Segura
Jennifer Baltzer
Lot Amorós
Fernando Morales-Rueda
Siham Tabik
Aerial seeding with drones has great potential in forest restoration but faces enormous challenges to be efficient and scalable. Current protocols use blanket seeding throughout the area to be...
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Resource Date:
January
2023
Cooperation AGREEMENT - quebec The purpose of this Agreement is to implement activities that promote the self-sustainability of boreal caribou populations in all ranges in Quebec, thereby contributing...
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Authors
Sari Holopainen
Elmo Miettinen
Veli-Matti Väänänen
Petri Nummi
Hannu Pöysä
Wetlands belong to the globally most threatened habitats, and organisms depending on them are of conservation concern. Wetland destruction and quality loss may affect negatively also boreal breeding...
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Denys Yemshanov
Robert Haight
Ning Liu
Robert Rempel
Frank Koch
Art Rodgers
When adopted, wildlife protection policies in Canadian forests typically cover large areas and affect multiple economic agents working in these landscapes. Such measures are likely to increase the...
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Loius Archambault
J. Morissette
In Quebec, the bioclimatic zone of balsam fir-yellow birch covers an area of 94,768 km 2. Some of the forest cover types in the area, such as balsam fir-yellow birch, are among the most productive in...
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Government of Northwest Territories
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.
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Government of Northwest Territories
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...
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Government of Northwest Territories
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...