The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950.
Throughout the 1800s and the 1900s, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) disappeared from the upper Nechako lowlands of the interior of British Columbia, and herds in the surrounding mountain ranges contracted. Conversely, moose (Alces alces) populations expanded during the 1900s and rapidly...
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ftunbcolumbiadc:oai:unbc.arcabc.ca:unbc_16073 2024-05-19T07:27:51+00:00 The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. Santomauro, Domenico (Author) Johnson, Christopher (Thesis advisor) Fondahl, Gail (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) 2009 electronic Number of pages in document: 144 https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc:16073/datastream/PDF/download https://unbc.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16073 https://doi.org/10.24124/2009/bpgub695 English eng University of Northern British Columbia Copyright retained by the author. http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ Woodland caribou -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Caribou populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region QL737.U55 S26 2009 Text thesis 2009 ftunbcolumbiadc https://doi.org/10.24124/2009/bpgub695 2024-04-19T00:29:37Z Throughout the 1800s and the 1900s, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) disappeared from the upper Nechako lowlands of the interior of British Columbia, and herds in the surrounding mountain ranges contracted. Conversely, moose (Alces alces) populations expanded during the 1900s and rapidly colonized former caribou habitat. Using historical-ecological methods of research and Geographic Information System (GIS) software, I documented caribou and moose historical distribution and abundance, and examined the causative mechanisms that led to caribou decline. I gathered historical information from four sources: 1) secondary literature 2) semi-structured interviews with aboriginal and non-aboriginal elders 3) journals of the Hudson's Bay Company of Fort St. James 4) other written primary sources. The findings of this study provide evidence of greater historical distribution and abundance of caribou, and confirm the value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge of First Nations (TEK) and of long-term historical perspectives for the study of ecological changes over time. --P. ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659535 Thesis Alces alces First Nations Rangifer tarandus UNBC's Digital Institutional Repository (University of Northern British Columbia) |
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Woodland caribou -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Caribou populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region QL737.U55 S26 2009 The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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Woodland caribou -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Caribou populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region Moose populations -- British Columbia -- Fort St. James Region QL737.U55 S26 2009 |
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Throughout the 1800s and the 1900s, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) disappeared from the upper Nechako lowlands of the interior of British Columbia, and herds in the surrounding mountain ranges contracted. Conversely, moose (Alces alces) populations expanded during the 1900s and rapidly colonized former caribou habitat. Using historical-ecological methods of research and Geographic Information System (GIS) software, I documented caribou and moose historical distribution and abundance, and examined the causative mechanisms that led to caribou decline. I gathered historical information from four sources: 1) secondary literature 2) semi-structured interviews with aboriginal and non-aboriginal elders 3) journals of the Hudson's Bay Company of Fort St. James 4) other written primary sources. The findings of this study provide evidence of greater historical distribution and abundance of caribou, and confirm the value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge of First Nations (TEK) and of long-term historical perspectives for the study of ecological changes over time. --P. ii. The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659535 |
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Santomauro, Domenico (Author) Johnson, Christopher (Thesis advisor) Fondahl, Gail (Thesis advisor) University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution) |
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The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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The distribution of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) in the Fort St. James Region of Northern British Columbia, 1800-1950. |
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distribution of woodland caribou (rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (alces alces) in the fort st. james region of northern british columbia, 1800-1950. |
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Alces alces First Nations Rangifer tarandus |
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Alces alces First Nations Rangifer tarandus |
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