Influence of disturbance and potential predator effects on the persistence of boreal woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Manitoba

• Main Author: Schindler, Douglas
• Other Authors: Walker, David (Environment and Geography), Baydack, Richard (Environment and Geography) Hare, James (Biological Sciences) Organ, John (Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Caribou; Predator-prey; Disturbance; Range fragmentation; Wolves; Resource selection; Lambda rates; Black bear; Habitat mapping; Canada; Lambda; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32834

The Western Canadian population of boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) is of special concern and is listed as “threatened” under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (SARA). In Canada, a non-disturbance threshold of 65% of a given range is required. The thesis objective was to assess the influenc...