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Snowshoe hare populations fluctuate over a period of several years and are thought to send the cats on migration routes in what’s known as the “travelling wave” theory. In a changing boreal region, scientists want to know where and how lynx move across the landscape to better understand how the larger system is connected.Researchers will build on on-going research in national wildlife refuges by placing satellite tracking collars on cats to better understand the dynamics across the region. Isotypes in the cats’ teeth as well as genetic markers give more clues about lynx movement. This project involves collaboration with local trappers.The project is a collaboration among the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Yukon...
Categories: Data;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Conservation NGOs,
FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS,
FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS,
Federal resource managers, All tags...
Interested public,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
Northwest Boreal Landscape Conservation Cooperative data.gov,
POPULATION,
POPULATION,
POPULATION DYNAMICS,
POPULATION DYNAMICS,
Report,
Tribes,
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Snowshoe hare populations fluctuate over a period of several years and are thought to send the cats on migration routes in what’s known as the “travelling wave” theory. In a changing boreal region, scientists want to know where and how lynx move across the landscape to better understand how the larger system is connected.Researchers will build on on-going research in national wildlife refuges by placing satellite tracking collars on cats to better understand the dynamics across the region. Isotypes in the cats’ teeth as well as genetic markers give more clues about lynx movement. This project involves collaboration with local trappers.The project is a collaboration among the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Yukon...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Tags: Academics & scientific researchers,
Conservation NGOs,
Data Acquisition and Development,
FOOD-WEB DYNAMICS,
Federal resource managers, All tags...
Interested public,
LCC Network Science Catalog,
POPULATION,
POPULATION DYNAMICS,
Project,
Report,
Tribes,
biota,
health,
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The role of lynx dispersal in maintaining their populations at the landscape scale is unclear. A large proportion of local lynx populations are known to disperse following a snowshoe hare population crash, but whether these dispersal events contribute to the cyclic dynamics of neighboring populations is not well understood. If lynx dispersal does play an important role in lynx population dynamics then the conservation of dispersal corridors is critical to maintaining those dynamics. However, we currently have no information on the habitat requirements of dispersing lynx in relation to human land use, such as housing developments, road building, timber harvest, and mining, all of which could have a substantial impact...
Categories: Data,
Project;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: BIOSPHERE,
BIOSPHERE,
BOREAL FOREST/TIAGA,
EARTH SCIENCE,
EARTH SCIENCE, All tags...
EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS,
ECOSYSTEMS,
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments,
Earth Remote Sensing Instruments,
FORESTS,
Lepus americanus,
Lynx canadensis,
Passive Remote Sensing,
Passive Remote Sensing,
Positioning/Navigation,
Positioning/Navigation,
Project,
Radio,
SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS,
TELEMETER,
TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS,
alaska,
biota,
boreal forest,
canada lynx,
dispersal,
environment,
movement,
onGoing,
snowshoe hare,
survival,
telemetry,
trapping, Fewer tags
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Abstract (from Ecology&Society): Assessing the impact of a rapidly warming climate on subsistence-based livelihoods in the Arctic is critical for building resilience for rural communities. We used a social-ecological system (SES) framework to evaluate the possible range of changes in moose abundance, distribution, and harvesting for Nuiqsut, a small native community in northern Alaska. Our results indicate that within the area used for hunting by the village, moose (Alces alces) abundance has been highly variable despite recent increases in tall shrubs, which provide forage and cover for moose. Projections for moose abundance also indicate continued fluctuation in the future. Our analysis shows that future increases...
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