Why are caribou declining in the oil sands?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 65-67

  Boutin, Stan ^a   Boyce, Mark S ^a   Hebblewhite, Mark ^b   Hervieux, Dave ^c   Knopff, Kyle H ^d   Latham, M Cecilia ^a   Latham, A David M ^e   Nagy, John ^a   Seip, Dale ^f   Serrouya, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^d GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

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RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 84858696612     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12.WB.005     Document Type: Letter

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