Disturbance‐Mediated Apparent Competition Decouples in a Northern Boreal Caribou Range

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Neufeld, Branden T., Superbie, Clara, Greuel, Ruth J., Perry, Thomas, Tomchuk, Patricia A., Fortin, Daniel, McLoughlin, Philip D.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Canada; Caribou Range; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus; taiga
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21982; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21982; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.21982

ABSTRACT The most widely reported threat to boreal and mountain populations of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou caribou) involves habitat‐ or disturbance‐mediated apparent competition (DMAC). With DMAC, natural and anthropogenic disturbances that increase the abundance of deciduous‐brows...