Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development
Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As pe...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/780 2023-05-15T18:03:54+02:00 Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development Tracz, Boyan V. LaMontagne, Jalene M. Bayne, Erin M. Boutin, Stan 2010-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/780 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/780/746 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/780 doi:10.7557/2.30.1.780 Copyright (c) 2015 Boyan V. Tracz, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Erin M. Bayne, Stan Boutin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 30 Nr 1 (2010); 31-44 Rangifer; Vol 30 No 1 (2010); 31-44 1890-6729 boreal woodland caribou home range overlap industrial activity peatland petroleum development petroleum sector range fidelity Rangifer tarandus caribou wellpad info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2010 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780 2021-08-16T14:37:27Z Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As petroleum development increases, the distance caribou can selectively place themselves relative to industrial disturbance must decrease, because distances between disturbances decrease. Conceptually, the number of local disturbances becomes so large that caribou either abandon their local avoidance behaviour or leave their traditional home range. We evaluated whether an intense petroleum- development event in northern Alberta was sufficient to result in home range abandonment by female woodland caribou. Using well locations as an index of petroleum development, we found that caribou studied from 1992 to 2000 did not change their annual or monthly range fidelity as a function of development intensity. Caribou remained in peatland complexes containing a large number of petroleum-sector disturbances rather than move to new areas, presumably because the risks of dispersing across upland habitat to reach other suitable habitat are high. Such range fidelity may have fitness consequences for woodland caribou if they suffer greater predation in areas where petroleum development is occurring. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer Rangifer tarandus University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Canada Rangifer 30 1 31 44 |
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Petroleum-sector development in northern Alberta, Canada has been implicated as one factor influencing the decline of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Previous research showed that caribou are farther from petroleum-sector disturbances within their home range than expected. As petroleum development increases, the distance caribou can selectively place themselves relative to industrial disturbance must decrease, because distances between disturbances decrease. Conceptually, the number of local disturbances becomes so large that caribou either abandon their local avoidance behaviour or leave their traditional home range. We evaluated whether an intense petroleum- development event in northern Alberta was sufficient to result in home range abandonment by female woodland caribou. Using well locations as an index of petroleum development, we found that caribou studied from 1992 to 2000 did not change their annual or monthly range fidelity as a function of development intensity. Caribou remained in peatland complexes containing a large number of petroleum-sector disturbances rather than move to new areas, presumably because the risks of dispersing across upland habitat to reach other suitable habitat are high. Such range fidelity may have fitness consequences for woodland caribou if they suffer greater predation in areas where petroleum development is occurring. |
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Tracz, Boyan V. LaMontagne, Jalene M. Bayne, Erin M. Boutin, Stan |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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Annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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annual and monthly range fidelity of female boreal woodland caribou in respons to petroleum development |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/780 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.30.1.780 |
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