Dr. Micheline Manseau, one of the Principal Investigators of the EcoGenomics research program, recently spoke at the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute’s Caribou Ecology & Recovery Webinar Series on how advances in genomics methods are opening new horizons in caribou monitoring and conservation. Genetic data, most often obtained non-invasively by collecting fecal or hair samples, can…
Authors: Samantha McFarlane, Micheline Manseau, Paul Wilson ABSTRACT In social species, reproductive success and rates of dispersal vary among individuals resulting in spatially structured populations. Network analyses of familial relationships may provide insights on how these parameters influence population‐level demographic patterns. These methods, however, have rarely been applied to genetically derived pedigree data from wild…
Alberta’s provincial government has proposed that the Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park be expanded to nearly twice its current size. The Mikisew Cree First Nation has been credited for driving discussions of this expansion, which Chief Peter Powder has described as a step towards realizing the community’s vision for its lands.
Source: JUST RELEASED! – Amended Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou, Boreal population
Source: Trent University
Source: Woodland Caribou (Boreal population) with Cold Lake First Nations: Conservation Agreement
