Causes and Consequences of Broad-Scale Changes in the Distribution of Migratory Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) of Southern Hudson Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Newton, Erica J., Abraham, Kenneth F., Schaefer, James A., Pond, Bruce A., Brown, Glen S., Thompson, John E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: anthropogenic disturbance; body size; diet; distribution; fecal nitrogen; forage; migratory caribou; Hudson Bay; Rangifer tarandus; range shift; perturbation anthropique; taille du corps; alimentation; azote fécal; fourrage; caribou migrateur; baie d’Hudson; changement de parcours; Canada; Collier; Hudson; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67566

Understanding the factors driving changes in species distributions is fundamental to conservation, but for wide-ranging species this is often complicated by the need for broad-scale observations across space and time. In the last three decades, the location of summer concentrations of migratory cari...