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Christopher Spence
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Research Scientist - Hydrological Processes Research
Climate Change Reduces Reproductive Success of an Arctic Herbivore Through Trophic Mismatch
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Effective ecological monitoring is central to the sustainability of subsistence resources of indigenous communities. For caribou, Arctic indigenous people's most important terrestrial subsistence...
Climate-informed Forecasts Reveal Dramatic Local Habitat Shifts and Population Uncertainty for Northern Boreal Caribou
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Most research on boreal populations of Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) has been conducted in areas of high anthropogenic disturbance. However, a large portion of the species’ range...
Comparing Landscape Partitioning Approaches to Protect Wildlife Habitat in Managed Forests
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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...
Conference Program - 17th North American Caribou Workshop 2018
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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...
Conservation Agreement on the Conservation of Woodland Caribou of the Boreal Population ("Boreal Caribou") in Labrador
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SARA SECTION 11 (S11) CONSERVATION AGREEMENT - labrador The overarching goal of this Agreement is to articulate how the Parties will collaboratively support the recovery of boreal caribou in Labrador.
Conservation Agreement: Woodland Caribou (Boreal Population) with Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Mikisew Cree First Nation
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This Agreement for the conservation of Boreal Caribou is made in duplicate as of March 3, 2022, pursuant to Section 11 of the Species at Risk Act, S.C. 2002, c. 29. Goals and purpose: ** This...
Contaminants in Two West Greenland Caribou Populations
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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...
Continental Synchrony and Local Responses: Climatic Effects on Spatiotemporal Patterns of Calving in a Social Ungulate
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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...
Contributions and Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples to the Study of Mercury in the Arctic
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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...
Data Identification, Network Building and Development of a Prototype SpaDES Module to Advance the Co-production of Boreal Caribou Conservation Efforts Through Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
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Project Description: The Pan-Canadian Approach to Transforming Species at Risk (SAR) Conservation in Canada is a national framework to focus our collaborative and collective work to protect SAR. This...
Decision-support Tools to Assess Cumulative Effects on the Cape Bathurst, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula, Bluenose-West, and Bluenose-East Herds of Barren-ground Caribou – Project Summary Report
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This report summarizes a project whose purpose was to collaboratively develop decision-support tools that will help northern decision-makers review, explore, and learn about the cumulative effects of...
Defining Habitat Restoration for Boreal Caribou in the Context of National Recovery: A Discussion Paper
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With many boreal caribou population ranges across Canada in non-self sustaining condition, habitat restoration has become an increasing imperative for recovery of this species at risk. With decades...
Delaying Conservation Actions Matters for Species Vulnerable to Climate Change
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Abstract Climate change vulnerability assessments are commonly used to identify species or populations at risk from global climate change, but few translate impact assessments to climate change...
Demographic Responses of a Threatened, Low-density Ungulate to Annual Variation in Meteorological and Phenological Conditions
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Study highlights the increased relevance of recovery actions when adverse climatic conditions are likely to negatively affect caribou demography.
Determining the Importance of Grizzly Bear Predation on Central Mountain Caribou Populations: Final Report
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To gain a better understanding of possible impacts of grizzly bears on central mountain caribou populations, we investigated three separate but inter-related topics concerning grizzly bear predation...
Determining the Importance of Grizzly Bear Predation on Southern Mountain Caribou Populations
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The goal of this project is to determine to what extent grizzly bear predation might be influencing caribou populations in west-central Alberta. We use existing datasets supplemented with additional...
Development of a Model Ensemble to Predict Peary Caribou Populations in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Study of the strength and nature of the relationships of snow density and vegetation with Peary caribou populations using a spatially explicit modelling framework.
Divergent Patterns of Understory Forage Growth After Seismic Line Exploration: Implications for Caribou Habitat Restoration
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Using field data from 351 seismic lines across [Alberta], and focusing on forage taxa preferred by moose and bears, we [investigated the effects of seismic line clearing on forage and resilience]