Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development
Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As pe...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2822d278ddd44e37ac382e3f25affc4b 2023-05-15T15:53:24+02:00 Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development Boyan V. Tracz Jalene M. LaMontagne Erin M. Bayne Stan Boutin 2010-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780 https://doaj.org/article/2822d278ddd44e37ac382e3f25affc4b EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/780 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.30.1.780 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/2822d278ddd44e37ac382e3f25affc4b Rangifer, Vol 30, Iss 1 (2010) boreal woodland caribou home range overlap industrial activity peatland petroleum development petroleum sector Animal culture SF1-1100 article 2010 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780 2022-12-30T23:24:14Z Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As petroleum development increases, the distance caribou can selectively place themselves relative to industrial disturbance must decrease, because distances between disturbances decrease. Conceptually, the number of local disturbances becomes so large that caribou either abandon their local avoidance behaviour or leave their traditional home range. We evaluated whether an intense petroleum- development event in northern Alberta was sufficient to result in home range abandonment by female woodland caribou. Using well locations as an index of petroleum development, we found that caribou studied from 1992 to 2000 did not change their annual or monthly range fidelity as a function of development intensity. Caribou remained in peatland complexes containing a large number of petroleum-sector disturbances rather than move to new areas, presumably because the risks of dispersing across upland habitat to reach other suitable habitat are high. Such range fidelity may have fitness consequences for woodland caribou if they suffer greater predation in areas where petroleum development is occurring. Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Canada Rangifer 30 1 31 44 |
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Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As petroleum development increases, the distance caribou can selectively place themselves relative to industrial disturbance must decrease, because distances between disturbances decrease. Conceptually, the number of local disturbances becomes so large that caribou either abandon their local avoidance behaviour or leave their traditional home range. We evaluated whether an intense petroleum- development event in northern Alberta was sufficient to result in home range abandonment by female woodland caribou. Using well locations as an index of petroleum development, we found that caribou studied from 1992 to 2000 did not change their annual or monthly range fidelity as a function of development intensity. Caribou remained in peatland complexes containing a large number of petroleum-sector disturbances rather than move to new areas, presumably because the risks of dispersing across upland habitat to reach other suitable habitat are high. Such range fidelity may have fitness consequences for woodland caribou if they suffer greater predation in areas where petroleum development is occurring. |
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Boyan V. Tracz Jalene M. LaMontagne Erin M. Bayne Stan Boutin |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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