Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present
A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffi...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1643 2023-05-15T18:03:55+02:00 Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present Racey, G.D. Armstrong, T. 2000-04-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1643 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643/1541 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643 doi:10.7557/2.20.5.1643 Copyright (c) 2015 G.D. Racey, T. Armstrong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 20 (2000): Special Issue No. 12; 173-184 1890-6729 Ontario caribou distribution development forest management habitat history populations wildlife info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2000 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1643 2021-08-16T15:03:24Z A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffirms the concept of a dynamic mosaic of habitat tracts that supports caribou across the landscape. The historical range recession leading to this current distribution has been associated with resource development, fire and hunting activities over the past 150 years, and numerous attempts at conservation over the last 70 years. The decline was apparently phased according to several periods of development activity: i) early exploitation in the early to mid-1800s; ii) isolation and extirpation of southern populations due to rapid changes in forest use and access between 1890 and 1930; and iii) further loss of the southernmost herds due to forest harvesting of previously inaccessible areas since the 1950s. Lessons learned from history support current conservation measures to manage caribou across broad landscapes, protect southern herds, maintain caribou habitat as part of continuous range, maintain large contiguous tracts of older forest and ensure connectivity between habitat components. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Caribou Range ENVELOPE(-125.436,-125.436,59.750,59.750) Rangifer 20 5 173 |
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A zone of continuous woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) distribution is defined for northwestern Ontario. This zone establishes a benchmark for measuring the success of future management of habitat and conservation of populations. Inventory of key winter, summer and calving habitats reaffirms the concept of a dynamic mosaic of habitat tracts that supports caribou across the landscape. The historical range recession leading to this current distribution has been associated with resource development, fire and hunting activities over the past 150 years, and numerous attempts at conservation over the last 70 years. The decline was apparently phased according to several periods of development activity: i) early exploitation in the early to mid-1800s; ii) isolation and extirpation of southern populations due to rapid changes in forest use and access between 1890 and 1930; and iii) further loss of the southernmost herds due to forest harvesting of previously inaccessible areas since the 1950s. Lessons learned from history support current conservation measures to manage caribou across broad landscapes, protect southern herds, maintain caribou habitat as part of continuous range, maintain large contiguous tracts of older forest and ensure connectivity between habitat components. |
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Racey, G.D. Armstrong, T. |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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Woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern Ontario: past and present |
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woodland caribou range occupancy in northwestern ontario: past and present |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing |
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2000 |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1643 |
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Rangifer; Vol 20 (2000): Special Issue No. 12; 173-184 1890-6729 |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643/1541 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1643 doi:10.7557/2.20.5.1643 |
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Copyright (c) 2015 G.D. Racey, T. Armstrong http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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