Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Richard Winder, Frances E. C. Stewart, Silke Nebel, Eliot J. B. McIntire, Andrew Dyk, Kangakola Omendja
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: Rangifer tarandus; policy; conservation; risk; landscape; decision support; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Canada; British Columbia; Brat
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00001; https://doaj.org/article/57732917de9141c4bbf0b0a33918ca4c

Boreal caribou (Woodland Caribou, boreal population; Rangifer tarandus caribou) is a prominent mammal at the heart of a decades-long conflict between a growing resource sector and the associated risks to biodiversity. We employed the ISO 31010 Bow-tie Risk Assessment Tool (BRAT) to evaluate the cumu...