Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf
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...
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ftfrontimediafig:oai:figshare.com:article/11797275 2023-05-15T18:04:19+02:00 Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf Richard Winder Frances E. C. Stewart Silke Nebel Eliot J. B. McIntire Andrew Dyk Kangakola Omendja 2020-02-04T04:38:24Z https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00001.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative_Effects_and_Boreal_Woodland_Caribou_How_Bow-Tie_Risk_Analysis_Addresses_a_Critical_Issue_in_Canada_s_Forested_Landscapes_pdf/11797275 unknown doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00001.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative_Effects_and_Boreal_Woodland_Caribou_How_Bow-Tie_Risk_Analysis_Addresses_a_Critical_Issue_in_Canada_s_Forested_Landscapes_pdf/11797275 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Rangifer tarandus policy conservation risk landscape decision support Dataset 2020 ftfrontimediafig https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00001.s001 2020-02-05T23:51:43Z 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 cumulative effects of anthropogenic and natural factors that may affect risks to self-sustainability in boreal caribou herds of Northeastern British Columbia. We used the BRAT to produce a visual synthesis of the cumulative effects causing the growth rate of boreal caribou herds to persistently fall below a level corresponding to a 60% chance of self-sustainability (λ < 1.025). The BRAT diagram provided the basis for a quantitative Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) of risk probabilities for three caribou herds. We combined threat assessments from the Species at Risk Act recovery strategy (Environment Canada, 2012) with data from published landscape experiments (e.g., restoration of seismic traces, maternal penning, and wolf culls) to parameterize the LOPA in three study areas. We report the implications of a combination of mitigation options vs. current risk conditions, as well as the implications of uncertainty in threat prevention. Our analysis indicates that a combination of mitigation scenarios will best facilitate caribou herd recovery, that barriers preventing predation threats could also aid in recovery success, and that compensatory predation may account for a significant proportion of both adult and juvenile female mortality across different herds. We estimated the minimum annual cost for effective mitigation and recovery to be $CDN 224K within any of the study areas. Bow-tie diagrams are a flexible and quantifiable tool that can translate resource management solutions to the diverse audience involved in conservation decision-making: scientists, land managers, policy makers, and concerned stakeholders. Dataset Rangifer tarandus Frontiers: Figshare Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Brat ENVELOPE(152.417,152.417,66.967,66.967) |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Rangifer tarandus policy conservation risk landscape decision support |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Rangifer tarandus policy conservation risk landscape decision support Richard Winder Frances E. C. Stewart Silke Nebel Eliot J. B. McIntire Andrew Dyk Kangakola Omendja Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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Evolutionary Biology Ecology Invasive Species Ecology Landscape Ecology Conservation and Biodiversity Behavioural Ecology Community Ecology (excl. Invasive Species Ecology) Ecological Physiology Freshwater Ecology Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) Population Ecology Terrestrial Ecology Rangifer tarandus policy conservation risk landscape decision support |
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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 cumulative effects of anthropogenic and natural factors that may affect risks to self-sustainability in boreal caribou herds of Northeastern British Columbia. We used the BRAT to produce a visual synthesis of the cumulative effects causing the growth rate of boreal caribou herds to persistently fall below a level corresponding to a 60% chance of self-sustainability (λ < 1.025). The BRAT diagram provided the basis for a quantitative Layers of Protection Analysis (LOPA) of risk probabilities for three caribou herds. We combined threat assessments from the Species at Risk Act recovery strategy (Environment Canada, 2012) with data from published landscape experiments (e.g., restoration of seismic traces, maternal penning, and wolf culls) to parameterize the LOPA in three study areas. We report the implications of a combination of mitigation options vs. current risk conditions, as well as the implications of uncertainty in threat prevention. Our analysis indicates that a combination of mitigation scenarios will best facilitate caribou herd recovery, that barriers preventing predation threats could also aid in recovery success, and that compensatory predation may account for a significant proportion of both adult and juvenile female mortality across different herds. We estimated the minimum annual cost for effective mitigation and recovery to be $CDN 224K within any of the study areas. Bow-tie diagrams are a flexible and quantifiable tool that can translate resource management solutions to the diverse audience involved in conservation decision-making: scientists, land managers, policy makers, and concerned stakeholders. |
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Richard Winder Frances E. C. Stewart Silke Nebel Eliot J. B. McIntire Andrew Dyk Kangakola Omendja |
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Richard Winder Frances E. C. Stewart Silke Nebel Eliot J. B. McIntire Andrew Dyk Kangakola Omendja |
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Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative Effects and Boreal Woodland Caribou: How Bow-Tie Risk Analysis Addresses a Critical Issue in Canada's Forested Landscapes.pdf |
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data_sheet_1_cumulative effects and boreal woodland caribou: how bow-tie risk analysis addresses a critical issue in canada's forested landscapes.pdf |
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00001.s001 https://figshare.com/articles/Data_Sheet_1_Cumulative_Effects_and_Boreal_Woodland_Caribou_How_Bow-Tie_Risk_Analysis_Addresses_a_Critical_Issue_in_Canada_s_Forested_Landscapes_pdf/11797275 |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(152.417,152.417,66.967,66.967) |
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