Barren‐ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) behaviour after recent fire events; integrating caribou telemetry data with Landsat fire detection techniques

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Rickbeil, Gregory J. M., Hermosilla, Txomin, Coops, Nicholas C., White, Joanne C., Wulder, Michael A.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, National Cancer Coalition, Canadian Space Agency, Natural Resources Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Canada; Cape Bathurst; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13456; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fgcb.13456; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.13456

Abstract Fire regimes are changing throughout the North American boreal forest in complex ways. Fire is also a major factor governing access to high‐quality forage such as terricholous lichens for barren‐ground caribou ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus ). Additionally, fire alters forest structure w...