Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia inhabit a wide variety of forest ecosystems. Numerous research projects have provided information that has been used to develop caribou habitat management recommendations for different areas. Recently, the province has implemented guid...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1557 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia Seip, Dale R. 1998-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1557 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.5.1557 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1557/1462 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1557 doi:10.7557/2.18.5.1557 Copyright (c) 2015 Dale R. Seip http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 18 (1998): Special Issue No. 10; 203-211 1890-6729 Rangifer tarandus caribou habitat management forestry biodiversity woodland caribou caribou habitat info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1998 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.5.1557 2021-08-16T15:00:55Z Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia inhabit a wide variety of forest ecosystems. Numerous research projects have provided information that has been used to develop caribou habitat management recommendations for different areas. Recently, the province has implemented guidelines to protect biodiversity that are based on an ecosystem management strategy of mimicking natural forest conditions. There is a great deal of similarity between caribou management recommendations and biodiversity recommendations within different forest types. In mountain caribou habitat, both approaches recommend maintaining a landscape dominated by old and mature forests, uneven-aged management, small cutblocks, and maintaining mature forest connectivity. In northern caribou habitat, both approaches recommend maintaining some older stands on the landscape (but less than for mountain caribou), even-aged management, and a mosaic of large harvest units and leave areas. The ecosystem management recommendations provide a useful foundation for caribou habitat conservation. More detailed information on caribou and other management objectives can then be used to fine-tune those recommendations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 18 5 203 |
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in British Columbia inhabit a wide variety of forest ecosystems. Numerous research projects have provided information that has been used to develop caribou habitat management recommendations for different areas. Recently, the province has implemented guidelines to protect biodiversity that are based on an ecosystem management strategy of mimicking natural forest conditions. There is a great deal of similarity between caribou management recommendations and biodiversity recommendations within different forest types. In mountain caribou habitat, both approaches recommend maintaining a landscape dominated by old and mature forests, uneven-aged management, small cutblocks, and maintaining mature forest connectivity. In northern caribou habitat, both approaches recommend maintaining some older stands on the landscape (but less than for mountain caribou), even-aged management, and a mosaic of large harvest units and leave areas. The ecosystem management recommendations provide a useful foundation for caribou habitat conservation. More detailed information on caribou and other management objectives can then be used to fine-tune those recommendations. |
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Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia |
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Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia |
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Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia |
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Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia |
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Ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in British Columbia |
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ecosystem management and the conservation of caribou habitat in british columbia |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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1998 |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1557 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.18.5.1557 |
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