Projects

Boreal Caribou Critical Habitat Model

  • Ecological Analysis
  • Policy Analysis
Project Number
95.002
Project Leader
Glenn Sutherland
Client Code
95
Client
Canadian Wildlife Service
Interests
Government, Industry, First Nations, Other, NGO, Academic
Duration
2009–2011
Type
Biodiversity Mgmt
Region
Canada
Outcomes
  • created population models & analyses for woodland (boreal) caribou
  • generated habitat dynamics models
  • submitted input to the Science Assessment (2011 update) 
Carbon Management
0
Ecological Analysis
90
Policy Analysis
10

Project Description

Populations of woodland (boreal) caribou are in decline in many areas of Canada's boreal region . Cortex worked with Environment Canada and a team of Science advisers to develop methods for identifying critical habitat and population recovery options for this wide-ranging species. Cortex developed population models, and habitat dynamics models for assessing population trend, habitat condition and the risks that populations would not become self-sustaining over the next 25 years, given a range of uncertainties in the data. In combination with other researchers, the results were used to develop risk curves for determining possible demographic consequences of different levels of disturbance in critical habitats. The results helped inform Environment Canada's Recovery Strategy for Woodland Caribou (Boreal Population), released in 2013.95.002 Woodland Caribou Bull

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