PR (BNE) - 078: Seasonal effects of Pacific-based climate on recruitment in a predator-limited large herbivore
Key words: calving, PDO, Rangifer tarandus caribou, snow, Yukon Territory
Key words: calving, PDO, Rangifer tarandus caribou, snow, Yukon Territory
Key words: mountain caribou, population dynamics, wolves, wolf control, large scale climate effects, Yukon
Key words: climate, North Pacific Oscillation (NPO), population dynamics, predator–prey.
Key words: wolves, moose, woodland caribou, predation, kill rates
Key words: cumulative effects, assessment, monitoring, management, caribou, ecotypes, conceptual models
Key words: wolf, conservation, management, Yukon, moose
Key words: adaptive management; Arctic Canada; cumulative effects; migratory caribou; mitigation; monitoring
Key words: moose, caribou, wolves, predator-prey relationships, harvest
Key words: predator, monitoring, intensive wolf aerial survey, minimum wolf count, methodologies