Status of woodland caribou in Saskatchewan
Recent research has shown that woodland caribou in Saskatchewan exist as relatively separate populations within a metapopulation. Preliminary analyses show that individuals within all populations are selecting peatland habitat types (i.e., fens and bogs) throughout the year. Despite an absence of hu...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1546 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 Status of woodland caribou in Saskatchewan Rettie, Jim Rock, Terry Messier, Francois 1998-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1546 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.5.1546 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1546/1452 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1546 doi:10.7557/2.18.5.1546 Copyright (c) 2015 Jim Rettie, Terry Rock, Francois Messier http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 18 (1998): Special Issue No. 10; 105-109 1890-6729 woodland caribou Saskatchewan demography forestry habitat management metapopulation peatland population info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1998 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.5.1546 2021-08-16T15:00:55Z Recent research has shown that woodland caribou in Saskatchewan exist as relatively separate populations within a metapopulation. Preliminary analyses show that individuals within all populations are selecting peatland habitat types (i.e., fens and bogs) throughout the year. Despite an absence of hunting, populations south of the Precambrian shield appear to be declining slowly, while those on the southern margin of the shield may be declining more rapidly. The apparent population decline is likely due to high rates of predation, especially on neonates. To maintain viable caribou populations in the region, forestry operations must be managed to maintain adequate amounts of preferred habitat types and connections among populations. At a coarse scale, preferred habitat is that which acts as a refuge from predators. Additional information is required to categorize specific peatland types, as data in the existing provincial forest inventory are inadequate for both selection analysis and management purposes. Ongoing research into revisions to the forest inventory and analyses of bog and fen types selected by caribou are needed to focus future management strategies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 18 5 105 |
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Recent research has shown that woodland caribou in Saskatchewan exist as relatively separate populations within a metapopulation. Preliminary analyses show that individuals within all populations are selecting peatland habitat types (i.e., fens and bogs) throughout the year. Despite an absence of hunting, populations south of the Precambrian shield appear to be declining slowly, while those on the southern margin of the shield may be declining more rapidly. The apparent population decline is likely due to high rates of predation, especially on neonates. To maintain viable caribou populations in the region, forestry operations must be managed to maintain adequate amounts of preferred habitat types and connections among populations. At a coarse scale, preferred habitat is that which acts as a refuge from predators. Additional information is required to categorize specific peatland types, as data in the existing provincial forest inventory are inadequate for both selection analysis and management purposes. Ongoing research into revisions to the forest inventory and analyses of bog and fen types selected by caribou are needed to focus future management strategies. |
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