Delineating demographic units of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Ontario: cautions and insights

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Shuter, Jennifer L., Rodgers, Arthur R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2012
• Subjects: cluster analysis; demographic units; Ontario; population delineation; population monitoring; Rangifer tarandus caribou; woodland caribou; Red Lake; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/2267; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.32.2.2267

Delineating demographic structure across an organism’s range can reveal the extent to which population dynamics in different geographic areas are driven by local or external factors and can be crucial for effective conservation and management. Obtaining optimal data for such analyses can be time and...