Indigenous‐led conservation: Pathways to recovery for the nearly extirpated Klinse‐Za mountain caribou

CT Lamb, R Willson, C Richter… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Indigenous Peoples around the northern hemisphere have long relied on caribou for
subsistence and for ceremonial and community purposes. Unfortunately, despite recovery …

What do caribou eat? A review of the literature on caribou diet

QMR Webber, KM Ferraro, JG Hendrix… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Historically, the study of caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus (Linnaeus, 1788)) diet has
been specific to herds and few comprehensive circumpolar analyses of Rangifer diet exist …

Disruption of an ant-plant mutualism shapes interactions between lions and their primary prey

DN Kamaru, TM Palmer, C Riginos, AT Ford, J Belnap… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Mutualisms often define ecosystems, but they are susceptible to human activities.
Combining experiments, animal tracking, and mortality investigations, we show that the …

Habitat alteration or climate: What drives the densities of an invading ungulate?

M Dickie, R Serrouya, M Becker, C DeMars… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic habitat alteration and climate change are two well‐known contributors to
biodiversity loss through changes to species distribution and abundance; yet, disentangling …

Habitat loss accelerates for the endangered woodland caribou in western Canada

M Nagy‐Reis, M Dickie, AM Calvert… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss is often the ultimate cause of species endangerment and is also a leading factor
inhibiting species recovery. For this reason, species‐at‐risk legislation, policies and plans …

Effectiveness of population‐based recovery actions for threatened southern mountain caribou

CT Lamb, S Williams, S Boutin, M Bridger… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat loss is affecting many species, including the southern mountain caribou (Rangifer
tarandus caribou) population in western North America. Over the last half century, this …

[HTML][HTML] Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada

MH St-Laurent, Y Boulanger, D Cyr, F Manka… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many boreal populations of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have declined in
Canada, a trend essentially driven by the increasing footprint of anthropogenic disturbances …

Resource exploitation efficiency collapses the home range of an apex predator

M Dickie, R Serrouya, T Avgar, P McLoughlin… - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Optimizing energy acquisition and expenditure is a fundamental trade‐off for consumers,
strikingly reflected in how mobile organisms use space. Several studies have established …

Restoring forest ecosystem services through trait-based ecology

I Aubin, É Deschênes, KR Santala… - Environmental …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Restoration is moving towards a more mechanistic approach that emphasizes restoration of
ecosystem services. Trait-based approaches provide links between species identity and …

Global change risks a threatened species due to alteration of predator–prey dynamics

G Labadie, C Hardy, Y Boulanger… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Although global change can reshape ecosystems by triggering cascading effects on food
webs, indirect interactions remain largely overlooked. Climate‐and land‐use‐induced …