Rangifer  

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Jan Heggenes, Arvid Odland, Dag K. Bjerketvedt

Grazing and trampling by the wide-ranging wild tundra reindeer may have major top down landscape effects by causing vegetation changes. Grazing, as the collective effect of eating, trampling, defecation, and urination, has been studied extensively. In con... see more

Christine C. Drake, Micheline Manseau, Cornelya F.C. Klütsch, Pauline Priadka, Paul J. Wilson, Steve Kingston, Natasha Carr

Genetic analysis can provide important information on the dynamic and spatial structure of groups of animals or populations. Little is known of the genetic population structure of caribou that inhabit the Lake Superior Coastal Range (LSCR) and the level o... see more

Kyle Joly, Matthew D. Cameron

Lichens are the primary winter forage for large herds of migratory caribou (Rangifer tarandus). Caribou select for lichens more than they are available across the landscape and they generally avoid, during winter, habitat that has been burned by wildfires... see more

John Boulanger, Jan Adamczewski, Tracy Davison

Post-calving surveys to estimate herd size of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus, R. t. granti, and R. t. caribou) have been used for caribou herds in Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Québec/Labrador. The main field p... see more