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A Cumulative Watershed Effects Assessment Template for the Eastern Slopes: The Geomorphic and Riparian Components with a Case Study of Todd Creek Watershed
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This three-part document provides a template to guide cumulative watershed effects assessments (CWEA) within Alberta's Eastern Slopes.
Advancing Harvest System and Silvicultural Practices for Improved Woodland Caribou and Fibre Outcomes
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This 3-year study will evaluate the potential of new forest management practices to benefit both woodland caribou and growth and yield. Over the course of the project, we will explore stand...
An Assessment of Sampling Designs Using SCR Analyses to Estimate Abundance of Boreal Caribou
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Abstract Accurately estimating abundance is a critical component of monitoring and recovery of rare and elusive species. Spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models are an increasingly popular method for...
An Exploration of Conservation Breeding and Translocation Tools to Improve the Conservation Status of Boreal Caribou Populations in Western Canada
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Abstract: In the face of declining population trends in western Canada, there is an urgent need to consider interventionist approaches to assist caribou population recovery until landscapes are...
Analysis and Improvement of Linear Features to Increase Caribou Functional Habitat in West-central and North-western Alberta
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We used GPS data from caribou and wolves, field data on human and wildlife use of seismic lines and pipelines, vegetation heights extracted from LiDAR, non-invasive fecal DNA collections, and a suite...
Assessing Pathogen Prevalence and the Health of Ungulates in West-central Alberta Caribou Ranges
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This project will gather data on the disease and parasites carried by moose, deer, and elk to determine the risk of transmission to caribou. Land managers need to know the threats faced by caribou in...
Assessing the Suitability of a One-time Sampling Event for Close-kin Mark-recapture: A Caribou Case Study
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Abstract Abundance estimation is frequently an objective of conservation and monitoring initiatives for threatened and other managed populations. While abundance estimation via capture–mark–recapture...
Behaviour and Calving Success of Boreal Caribou in Relation to Oil and Gas Development
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Anthropogenic disturbance like oil and gas development is thought to negatively affect boreal caribou through displacement and degradation of habitat, and through creation of favourable conditions for...
Biting Flies and Activity of Caribou in the Boreal Forest
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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...
Caribou Conservation Through Better Cutblock Design
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Beginning in 2018, this project will investigate how cutblock design can be less favourable for deer, moose, and elk. Converting old forest to early seral stands through forest harvesting turns good...
Caribou Conservation Through Better Cutblock Design: Year 1 Update
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This 2-page briefing note provides a quick Year 1 update on a Caribou Program project undertaken by fRI Research, which aims to provide information on forest management that could limit habitat for...
Caribou, Fire, and Forestry - Literature Review
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With of goal of understanding how silviculture and harvesting practices might mirror those of natural disturbances, here we summarize research describing differences in responses of caribou and...
Caribou in the Cross-fire? Considering Terrestrial Lichen Forage in the Face of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Expansion
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Abstract Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has become an invasive forest pest of mature pine in western North America as it spreads beyond its former endemic range. Management actions such as timber harvest...
Caribou Mortality and Disease Prevalence in West-central Alberta
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Woodland caribou are in decline across their range and although the proximate cause of decline is unsustainable rates of predation, health is increasingly recognised as a factor that may contribute to...
Caribou Response to Oil and Gas Activities: Do Regeneration and Activity Levels Matter?
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This presentation by Dr. Laura Finnegan explores caribou response to oil and gas activities.
Close Encounters of the Fatal Kind: Landscape Features Associated with Central Mountain Caribou Mortalities
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Abstract In western Canada, anthropogenic disturbances resulting from resource extraction activities are associated with habitat loss and altered predator–prey dynamics. These habitat changes are...
Cut vs. Fire: A Comparative Study of the Temporal Effects of Timber Harvest and Wildfire on Ecological Indicators of the Boreal Forest
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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...