The need for the management of wolves — an open letter
The Southern Mountain and Boreal Woodland Caribou are facing extinction from increased predation, predominantly wolves (Canis lupus) and coyotes (Canis latrans). These predators are increasing as moose (Alces alces) and deer (Odocoileus spp). expand their range north with climate change. Mitigation...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/319 2023-05-15T13:13:08+02:00 The need for the management of wolves — an open letter Bergerud, Arthur T. 2007-04-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/319 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.27.4.319 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/319/310 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/319 doi:10.7557/2.27.4.319 Copyright (c) 2015 Arthur T. Bergerud http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 27 (2007): Special Issue No.17; 39-50 1890-6729 adaptive management balance of nature critical habitat caribou extinction density dependent population regulation predator management wolf predation info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2007 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.27.4.319 2021-08-16T14:20:42Z The Southern Mountain and Boreal Woodland Caribou are facing extinction from increased predation, predominantly wolves (Canis lupus) and coyotes (Canis latrans). These predators are increasing as moose (Alces alces) and deer (Odocoileus spp). expand their range north with climate change. Mitigation endeavors will not be sufficient; there are too many predators. The critical habitat for caribou is the low predation risk habitat they select at calving: It is not old growth forests and climax lichens. The southern boundary of caribou in North America is not based on the presence of lichens but on reduced mammalian diversity. Caribou are just as adaptable as other cervids in their use of broadleaf seed plant as forage. Without predator management these woodland caribou will go extinct in our life time. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus Rangifer University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 27 4 39 |
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The Southern Mountain and Boreal Woodland Caribou are facing extinction from increased predation, predominantly wolves (Canis lupus) and coyotes (Canis latrans). These predators are increasing as moose (Alces alces) and deer (Odocoileus spp). expand their range north with climate change. Mitigation endeavors will not be sufficient; there are too many predators. The critical habitat for caribou is the low predation risk habitat they select at calving: It is not old growth forests and climax lichens. The southern boundary of caribou in North America is not based on the presence of lichens but on reduced mammalian diversity. Caribou are just as adaptable as other cervids in their use of broadleaf seed plant as forage. Without predator management these woodland caribou will go extinct in our life time. |
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The need for the management of wolves — an open letter |
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