Potential net effects of climate change on High Arctic Peary caribou: Lessons from a spatially explicit simulation model

• Main Authors: Tews, Joerg, Ferguson, Michael A.D., Fahrig, Lenore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Arctic; Bathurst Island; Peary; Climate change; inuit; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304380007002359

It is anticipated that climate change will have a major impact on High Arctic ecosystems. Peary caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is a caribou subspecies endemic to the Canadian High Arctic. In the past four decades, population dynamics of Peary caribou have been subject to several population die-o...