Loss of connectivity among island-dwelling Peary caribou following sea ice decline

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Deborah A., Lecomte, Nicolas, Schaefer, James A., Olsen, Steffen M., Swingedouw, Didier, Côté, Steeve D., Pellissier, Loïc, Yannic, Glenn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: Special Feature; Arctic; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Peary; Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; Global warming; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5046914/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27651531; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0235

Global warming threatens to reduce population connectivity for terrestrial wildlife through significant and rapid changes to sea ice. Using genetic fingerprinting, we contrasted extant connectivity in island-dwelling Peary caribou in northern Canada with continental-migratory caribou. We next examin...