A Primary Productivity Hypothesis for Disturbance-Mediated Apparent Competition for Boreal Caribou in Canada

• Main Author: Neufeld, Branden T
• Other Authors: McLoughlin, Philip D, Fortin, Daniel, Morrissey, Christy, Lane, Jeffrey, Stewart, Frances, Chedrese, Jorge P
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2022
• Subjects: disturbance-mediated apparent competition (DMAC); disturbance; net primary productivity; boreal caribou; wolves; moose; white-tailed deer; ungulate biomass; alternative prey; species richness; Canada; Caribou Range; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10388/13776

The most widely reported threat to populations of boreal and mountain woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) involves what has come to be known as disturbance-mediated apparent competition (DMAC). Here, anthropogenic and natural disturbances that increase the abundance of deciduous-browsing ce...