The role of predation in the decline and extirpation of woodland caribou

• Main Authors: Heiko Wittmer, ARE Sinclair, BN McLellan
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Ecology; allee effect; apparent competition; inverse density dependence; Rangifer tarandus caribou; population dynamics; Animals; British Columbia; Conservation of Natural Resources; Ecosystem; Environment; Feeding Behavior; Female; Models; Biological; Population Density; Predatory Behavior; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Reindeer; Reproduction; Seasons; Telemetry; Environmental Science and Management; Canada; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.12971864.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/The_role_of_predation_in_the_decline_and_extirpation_of_woodland_caribou/12971864

To select appropriate recovery strategies for endangered populations, we must understand the dynamics of small populations and distinguish between the possible causes that drive such populations to low numbers. It has been suggested that the pattern of population decline may be inversely density-dep...