Tuktu Past, Present, and Future: State of Torngat Mountains Caribou and their Forage in a Changing Environment

• Main Author: Johnson, Alexandra
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2022
• Subjects: caribou; forage; climate change; Torngat Mountains; Labrador; Tundra; Arctic; Canada; Nakvak Brook; Torr Bay; Climate change; inuit; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/18311

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) populations are in decline across Canada, making this charismatic species a major conservation concern. For Inuit of Northern Labrador and Quebec, caribou are a cultural keystone species with nutritional, cultural, and spiritual value. Inuit have long been aware that the...