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Inventory of Data for Focal Species of the Northwest Boreal LCC
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The intent of this table is to develop an inventory of the data available for focal species that can be incorporated into protected areas planning within the NWB LCC.
Yes/no responses with direction to the source of information/data will suffice (e.g., website, report, published paper, contact information for expert).
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Please use one sheet for each species (please see the bottom at of the page). * Please include references and web links where available.
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Please indicate under "Consulted" or "Additional contacts" the contact information of people that could provide data/models.
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Focal SpeciesRegion (e.g. NWBLCC, AK, YT, NWT, BC)Umbrella SpeciesKnown Threats (e.g., harvesting)Map of Threats - current and planned (e.g., traplines, dams, culverts, access)Distribution MapRange Boundaries (e.g., caribou herds)Home Range Sizes (e.g., 1 ha, 25 km2; note sex and season variation if applicable)Location Data (e.g., point counts, VHF/GPS collar locations)Habitat Requirements Known (e.g., old-growth coniferous forest)Habitat Models (e.g., HSI, RSF)Probability of Occurrence, Habitat, or Density MapsCritical Habitat Requirements for specific life-history traits (e.g. migration routes, early open water, spawning sites)Maps of critical use areas (e.g., migration routes, early open water sites, spawning grounds)Climate Change Projections for any of the previously listed datasetsOther Spatial Dataset(s)Consulted (who filled in the table)Suggested contacts
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CaribouAKYesYes (see A)Alberto Suarez-Esteban, BEACONS: suarezes@ualberta.ca (w/ information from Jesika Reimer, AKNHP: jpreimer@uaa.alaska.edu)
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CaribouAKYesHarvest, development, climate changeNot specifically but could be generated.See BSee CVariable with herd sizeNumerous VHF and GPS datasetsMany requirements are known. Vast literature body on subject.Yes, see D for example.See BCalving areas, insect relief habitat, summer and winter range, and migratory corridors are all important.See D, E, FSee G, HDr. Kyle Joly, Biologist for NPS- Western Arctic Parklands Inventory and Monitoring: kyle_joly@nps.govTorsten Bentzen (ADFG)
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Caribou - Chisana HerdYT, AKNoYesYesYes - various point locations (spatial data) from surveys conducted by Wrangell-St.
Elias National Park & Preserve, ADF&G and Yukon Dept. of Environment,
1980-83, 1988, 1994-97, 1999-2006, 2008-14 		NoNoNoSee Location DataJudy Putera, Biologist for NPS- Wrangell-St. Elisas:   judy_putera@nps.gov (907) 822-7241Jeff Wells, Jeff Gross, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, 907-883-2971 ; Troy Hegel, Yukon Department of Environment, 867-667-5465; Layne Adams, USGS,
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  Caribou-
  Mentasta Herd		AKHarvest is currently closed due to low populationNoYesYesYes -various point locations (spatial data) from surveys conducted by Wrangell-St.
 Elias National Park & Preserve, ADF&G and USFWS, 1998-2014  		NoNoNoSee Location DataJudy Putera, Biologist for NPS- Wrangell-St. Elias:   judy_putera@nps.gov (907) 822-7241Frank Robbins, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, 907-822-3461; Layne Adams, USGS, 907-786-7159
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CaribouAK and YukonHarvest, predation, anthropogenic developments, habitat alteration, and climate shiftsNone for AK that I know of, but see source I below for NWT and source T for YTSee BSee CHighly variable over an order(s) of magnitude; varies with herd sizeNumerous state and federal datasets of varying spatial and temporal resolution; see source T for YTLichen-producing habitats in winter (old growth tundra and taiga habitats; see sources F-H for reviews), but specific habitat requirements for the growing season are lackingFew, but not many for AK (see sources M-S)See sources M-SConcur with Dr. JolySee sources N, P, Q, and RSee G, HDr. Dave Gustine, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS-Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK (dgustine@usgs.gov)Lincoln Parrett (ADFG), Torsten Bentzen (ADFG), and Beth Lenart (ADFG), Dr. Troy Hegel (Department of Environment, YT)
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CaribouNorthern BCHarvest, interspecific competition, predation, anthropogenic developments and recreation, habitat alteration, and climate shiftsSee V below for BCSee VSee U-V below for BCDr. Dave Gustine, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS-Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK: dgustine@usgs.govDr. Kathy Parker (UNBC), Dr. Fiona Schmiegelow (UA), Dr. Mike Gillingham (UNBC), Dr. Chris Johnson (UNBC), Doug Heard and Conrad Thiessen (Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations)
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CaribouBCYesOverharvesting, habitat loss due to development and/or climate change (increase in forest fires destroying lichen), potentially exposure to desease (CWD)Not through TRT YesYesPeriodic aerial surveys (full count, sex ratio and/or recruitment surveys); some radio telemetry has been done by the Province of BC in the past.Over-wintering areas are critical (pine forest with lichen). Also calving and rutting areas, mineral licksTRT has a habitat suitability model for caribou winter habitat, as well as some mapping of rutting and mineral licks (incomplete)TRT has a habitat suitability model for caribou winter habitat; however these are useful at a landscape level only and not for project-specific assessmentsOver-wintering habitat, migration routesTRT has a habitat suitability model for caribou winter habitat, as well as some mapping of rutting and mineral licks (incomplete)Potential increase in forest fires could destroy critical over-wintering habitatMark Connor, Habitat Biologist, Taku River Tlingit First Nation:myuconnor@gmail.com jeanpolfus@gmail.com
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Gotthardt, T., Reimer, J., Walton, K., Nawrocki, T., Boggs, K. and Fresco, N. YKL Conservation Elements report. Section D-2: Terrestrial Fine-Filter Conservation Elements. AKNHP.
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http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=caribouhunting.main
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http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/speciesinfo/caribou/images/caribou_herds.jpg
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Horne et al., 2014, Rangifer 34 (1) 1-19.
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Alaska Department of Fish and Game (2011) Caribou management report of survey-inventory activities 1 July 2008-30 June 2010. P. Harper (ed.). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Juneau, Alaska. 345pp.
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Joly et al. 2003, Canadian J or Zoology 81: 1192-1201
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Joly et al. 2012, Ecosphere 3(5):36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00012.1
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Gustine et al. 2014, PLOS ONE 9 (10): e112584. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112584
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http://www.enr.gov.nt.ca/state-environment/166-status-woodland-caribou-changing-landscape
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JEnvironment Canada. 2012. Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal population, in Canada. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment Canada, Ottawa. xi + 138pp.
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Chisana Caribou Herd Working Group.  2012.  Management plan for the Chisana caribou herd: 2010-2015.
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Mentasta Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan.  1995.  Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve.  Glennallen, AK.  17 Pp.
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Thomas et al. 2006, Journal of Wildlife Management 2006 70 (2), 404-412
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Wilson et al. 2012, PLoS ONE 7(11): e48697. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048697
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Wilson et al. 2014, Arctic 67(4):472–482
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Parrett 2007, MS thesis, UAF
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Griffith et al. 2002, The Porcupine caribou herd. In Arctic Refuge coastal plain terrestrial wildlife research summaries. D.C. Douglas, P.E. Reynolds, and E.B. Rhode, eds. Pp. 8-37. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey
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Wolfe 2000, MS Thesis, UAF
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Johnson and Russell, 2014, Biological Conservation 177(0):52-63
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http://mapservices.gov.yk.ca/GeoYukon/
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Vhttp://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset?sort=score+desc%2C+metadata_modified+desc&q=caribou
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WTaku river Tlingit caribou habitat suitability model (ArcView database)
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XA Conservation Area Design for the Territory of the Taku River Tlingit First Nation, k. Heinemeyer. 2003
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