scholarly journals Estimation of trends in zone of influence of mine sites on barren-ground caribou populations in the Northwest Territories, Canada, using new methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Boulanger ◽  
Kim G. Poole ◽  
Anne Gunn ◽  
Jan Adamczewski ◽  
Jack Wierzchowski
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Zone Of Influence ◽  
Mine Sites

Den selection by barren-ground grizzly bears, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories

Polar Biology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 503-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey A. Smereka ◽  
Mark A. Edwards ◽  
Jodie Pongracz ◽  
Marsha Branigan ◽  
Nicholas W. Pilfold ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Grizzly Bears ◽  
Mackenzie Delta ◽  
Barren Ground

Game Conservation in Arctic Canada

Polar Record ◽  
1942 ◽  
Vol 3 (23) ◽  
pp. 499-509
Author(s):  
Brian Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Arctic Canada ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
Musk Ox

It is only within comparatively recent years that the problem of conserving the game resources of the Northwest Territories has become a matter requiring the serious attention of those responsible for the administration of the Territories. The slow development of a crisis arose from the lack of co-ordinated knowledge and from the assumption that a sparse human population scattered over an immense area would not necessarily lead to any serious depletion in the numbers of wild animals. Fortunately investigation was begun and a measure of control effected in time; otherwise the story of the plains buffalo might have been repeated in the barren-ground caribou, as it was to a large degree in the musk ox, which are now reduced on the mainland to a few small herds within or close to the Thelon Game Sanctuary.

scholarly journals Population Viability of Barren-ground Grizzly Bears in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories

ARCTIC ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitchell K. Taylor ◽  
H. Dean Cluff ◽  
Robert J. Gau ◽  
Robert Mulders ◽  
Ray L. Case ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Population Viability ◽  
Grizzly Bears ◽  
Barren Ground

scholarly journals Defining the Pen Islands Caribou Herd of southern Hudson Bay

Rangifer ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth F. Abraham ◽  
John E. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Boreal Forest ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Hudson Bay ◽  
Critical Importance ◽  
Woodland Caribou ◽  
Barren Ground

In this paper, we describe the Pen Islands Herd of caribou, the largest aggregation of caribou in Ontario (it also occupies a portion of northeastern Manitoba). Photographic counts showed the herd had a minimum population of 2300 in 1979, 4660 in 1986, 7424 in 1987 and 10 798 in 1994. Throughout the 1980s, the Pen Islands caribou exhibited population behaviour similar to migratory barren-ground caribou herds, although morphology suggests they are woodland caribou or possibly a mixture of subspecies. The herd had well-defined traditional tundra calving grounds, formed nursery groups and large mobile post-calving aggregations, and migrated over 400 km between tundra summer habitats and boreal forest winter habitats. Its migration took it into three Canadian jurisdictions (Ontario, Manitoba, Northwest Territories) and it was important to residents of both Manitoba and Ontario. It is clear that the herd should be managed as a migratory herd and the critical importance of both the coastal and variable large winter ranges should be noted in ensuring the herd's habitat needs are secure.

scholarly journals Asymmetry in antlers of barren-ground caribou, Northwest Territories, Canada

Rangifer ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 195
Author(s):  
Frank L. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
Age Class ◽  
The Right ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus

Pairs of antlers were obtained from 287 barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) of the Kaminuriak herd in the Northwest Territories, Canada. The morphological dominance of the brow tines by antler pair was determined: 15.7% were enlarged on the left; 14.6% on the right; 14.6% on both sides; and 55.1% on neither side. No evidence for a greater rate of occurrence of left or right dominance of the brow tine was obtained when considered by sex or age class (P >0.05). Antler pairs with both brow and bez tines present varied from 84.4% for males with their 5th to 10th set of antlers; 39.3% for males with their 2nd to 4th set; 21.2% for females with their 5th to 16th set; and 6.3% for females with their 1st to 4th set. Both brow and bez tines were present proportionately more often than expected on antler pairs from males compared to females regardless of age (P <0.005). Both brow and bez tines also were present proportionately more often than expected on antler pairs from males (P <0.005), females (P <0.01), or both sexes combined (P <0.01) with their 5th or later set than compared to when they had their 4th or earlier set.

scholarly journals “These Trees Have Stories to Tell”: Linking Dënesǫ́łıné Oral History of Caribou Use with Trample Scar Frequency on Black Spruce Roots at Ɂedacho Kué

ARCTIC ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-305
Author(s):  
Kelsey L. Dokis-Jansen ◽  
Brenda L. Parlee ◽  
Łutsël K’e Dëne First Nation ◽  
David S. Hik ◽  
Benoit Gendreau-Berthiaume ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Black Spruce ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Oral Histories ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
History Of

For thousands of years Ɂedacho Kué (Artillery Lake, Northwest Territories) has been a key water crossing site for barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus). Human disturbance of barren-ground caribou habitat in northern Canada has emerged as an important focus of study in the last decade; particularly in the Bathurst range of the Northwest Territories where caribou populations have declined by more than 95% since the 1980s. Guided by local Indigenous leaders and Elders, a collaborative research project was developed with the Dënesǫ́łıné people of Łutsël K’e Dëne First Nation (2012 – 14). This paper describes linkages between knowledge derived from Dënesǫ́łıné oral history and quantitative dendroecological analysis of trample scars on black spruce (Picea mariana) root samples collected at Ɂedacho Kué to provide a better understanding of caribou use at this location. Findings from oral histories and dendroecology analysis were consistent with one another and with previous dendroecology study in the region, although some discrepancies were detected in data from 1995 – 2006 that require further study to elucidate. Key findings include relatively low caribou use at Ɂedacho Kué during the 1930s and late 1960s, with use increasing into the 1970s and peaking in the late 1980s, as well as Elder and hunter reports of no caribou in some years between 2005 and 2012. This work addresses a gap in scientific data about barren-ground caribou movements at Ɂedacho Kué prior to satellite collar use in 1996 and corroborates previously documented oral histories about the enduring value of Ɂedacho Kué as critical habitat to barren-ground caribou. Given the drastic decline of the Bathurst caribou over the last two decades, more research is needed to understand movements and their relationship to population dynamics. In this context, the research approach described in this paper could be used as an example of how to meaningfully bring together place-based Indigenous knowledge and science in addressing an urgent issue of Arctic sustainability. 

Surplus killing as exemplified by wolf predation on newborn caribou

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank L. Miller ◽  
Anne Gunn ◽  
Eric Broughton
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wolf Predation ◽  
Barren Ground ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Groenlandicus

We searched for newborn calf carcasses of migratory barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) in June 1982 in the Northwest Territories. On 17 June, we found 34 calves killed by wolves (Canis lupus), clumped in a 3-km2 area. The calves had been killed apparently within minutes of each other and about 24 h before being found. Wolves had not fed on 17 of the carcasses and had only partially eaten the other 17. Ground observations illustrate the speed of and efficiency with which wolves can kill calves: a single wolf killed three calves on one occasion and three and possibly four calves on a second occasion at average kill rates of 1 calf/min, and 1 calf/8 min or 1 calf/6 min between the first and last deaths. We attributed the surplus killing of newborn caribou calves to their high densities and their vulnerability on the calving grounds. We recommend that a distinction be made between "surplus killing" and "excessive killing" by predators.

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