Spatial structure of boreal woodland caribou populations in northwest Canada

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Steve Wilson, Glenn Sutherland, Nicholas Larter, Allicia Kelly, Ashley McLaren, James Hodson, Troy Hegel, Robin Steenweg, Dave Hervieux, Tom Nudds
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Animal culture; SF1-1100; Northwest Territories; Canada; British Columbia; Fort Nelson; Caribou Mountains; Red Earth; caribou; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.40.1.4902; https://doaj.org/article/6a0d35978fef49d8b2cee571ea8c8c27

Local population units (LPUs) were delineated in Canada’s recovery strategy for threatened boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Population viability analyses central to contemporary integrated risk assessments of LPUs implicitly assume geographic closure. Several LPUs in northwest Ca...