Loss of connectivity among island-dwelling Peary caribou following sea ice decline

• Published in: Biology Letters
• Main Authors: Jenkins, Deborah A, Méhu, Didier, Lecomte, Nicolas, Schaefer, James A., Yannic, Glenn, Côté, Steeve D., Pellissier, Loïc
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Royal Society 2017
• Subjects: Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Caribou; Connectivity; Gene flow; Isolation by distance; Landscape genetics; Caribou de Peary > Variation; Glace de mer; Dégel; Animaux > Populations > Génétique; Diversité animale; Habitat (Écologie) > Fragmentation; Flux génétique; Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Peary; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Climate change; Global warming; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/13707; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0235

Global warming threatens to reduce population connectivity for terrestrial wildlife through significant and rapid changes to sea ice. Using genetic fingerprinting, we contrasted extant connectivity in island-dwelling Peary caribou in northern Canada with continental-migratory caribou. We next examin...