Conservation of caribou (rangifer tarandus) in Canada: An uncertain future1

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 419-434

  Festa Bianchet, M ^a   Ray, J C ^b   Boutin, S ^c   Cote S D ^d   Gunn, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBSPECIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

CERVIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS PEARYI;

EID: 84857411464     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z11-025     Document Type: Review

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