Shifting targets in the tundra : protection of migratory caribou calving grounds must account for spatial changes over time

• Published in: Biological Conservation
• Main Authors: Côté, Steeve D., Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Taillon, Joëlle
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Calving grounds; Migratory caribou; Conservation planning; Habitat protection; Caribou des bois > Habitat > Conservation; Aires de mise bas; Canada; Rivière aux Feuilles; Rivière George; Ungava Peninsula; Tundra; Ungava peninsula
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/40296; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.027

Industrial development, expansion of human populations and climate change increasingly affect habitats of migratory species. Effective protection of critical habitats is urgently required because several large migratory species have declined over the last decades. Protection of critical habitats, su...