Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present
A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c1db0c1e02d54b90b64c6136af379bc4 2023-05-15T15:53:26+02:00 Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present G.D. Racey T. Armstrong 2000-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1643 https://doaj.org/article/c1db0c1e02d54b90b64c6136af379bc4 EN eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643 https://doaj.org/toc/1890-6729 doi:10.7557/2.20.5.1643 1890-6729 https://doaj.org/article/c1db0c1e02d54b90b64c6136af379bc4 Rangifer, Vol 20, Iss 5 (2000) Ontario caribou distribution development forest management habitat Animal culture SF1-1100 article 2000 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1643 2022-12-31T00:37:45Z A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffirms the concept of a dynamic mosaic of habitat tracts that supports caribou across the landscape. The historical range recession leading to this current distribution has been associated with resource development, fire and hunting activities over the past 150 years, and numerous attempts at conservation over the last 70 years. The decline was apparently phased according to several periods of development activity: i) early exploitation in the early to mid-1800s; ii) isolation and extirpation of southern populations due to rapid changes in forest use and access between 1890 and 1930; and iii) further loss of the southernmost herds due to forest harvesting of previously inaccessible areas since the 1950s. Lessons learned from history support current conservation measures to manage caribou across broad landscapes, protect southern herds, maintain caribou habitat as part of continuous range, maintain large contiguous tracts of older forest and ensure connectivity between habitat components. Article in Journal/Newspaper caribou Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Caribou Range ENVELOPE(-125.436,-125.436,59.750,59.750) Rangifer 20 5 173 |
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A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffirms the concept of a dynamic mosaic of habitat tracts that supports caribou across the landscape. The historical range recession leading to this current distribution has been associated with resource development, fire and hunting activities over the past 150 years, and numerous attempts at conservation over the last 70 years. The decline was apparently phased according to several periods of development activity: i) early exploitation in the early to mid-1800s; ii) isolation and extirpation of southern populations due to rapid changes in forest use and access between 1890 and 1930; and iii) further loss of the southernmost herds due to forest harvesting of previously inaccessible areas since the 1950s. Lessons learned from history support current conservation measures to manage caribou across broad landscapes, protect southern herds, maintain caribou habitat as part of continuous range, maintain large contiguous tracts of older forest and ensure connectivity between habitat components. |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern ontario: past and present |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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