Development of a model ensemble to predict Peary caribou populations in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Samarth Kaluskar, E. Agnes Blukacz‐Richards, Cheryl Ann Johnson, Yuhong He, Alexandre Langlois, Dong‐Kyun Kim, George Arhonditsis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Bayesian inference; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; climate change; ensemble modeling; Peary caribou; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Canada; Peary; Heiberg; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; inuit; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2976; https://doaj.org/article/3732071a38464e67bcec7212e2ae2221

Abstract In the field of biological conservation, mathematical modeling has been an indispensable tool to advance our understanding of population dynamics. Modeling rare and endangered species with complex ecophysiological tools can be challenging due to the constraints imposed by data availability....