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December 2019<\/p>\n

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\nThe new kid on the block: immigrant males win big whereas females pay fitness cost after dispersal<\/a><\/strong>
\nInfographic<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

June 2019<\/p>\n

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  1. A radical plan to save caribou in Alberta: pick the winners – CBC – The Nature of Things<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Highway medians are a source of food for wildlife, study shows<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    April 2019<\/p>\n

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    1. The Nature of Things: Remarkable Rabbits<\/a><\/strong>Check out the snowshoe hare and lynx footage all filmed at Squirrel Camp with the help of the hare and lynx crew.<\/li>\n
    2. Squirrel Camp: Meet the scientists who live off the grid to study the frisky critter<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      March 2019<\/p>\n

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      1. Red squirrel inheritances on Daily VICE
        \n<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Paper: Clayton et al<\/strong>. Genetic tagging in the Anthropocene: scaling ecology from alleles to ecosystems. Ecological Applications<\/strong><\/a>.
        \nRelated News Article:         Genetic tagging offers better, less invasive way of tracking animals
        \n<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Paper: Serrouya et al<\/strong>. Using adaptive management to save endangered species<\/strong><\/a>.
        \nRelated News Article:         Immediate population management needed to save remaining caribou herds, study shows <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        January 2019<\/p>\n

        Chill out: Wolves take snow days too, says study<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        November 2018<\/p>\n

        Alberta wildlife group embracing citizen science and using app to track trends<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        September 2018<\/p>\n

        SHOULD IT BE SAVED? With limited funds for conservation, researchers spar over which species to save\u2014and which to let go<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        June 2018<\/p>\n

        Nowhere to Hide: Changing Landscapes and Predator Highways<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

        Nowhere to hide\u2026<\/a>
        \n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        May 2018<\/p>\n

        Caribou protection money secured by Alberta delegation in Ottawa<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        March 2018<\/p>\n

        Male red squirrels kill offspring of rivals, new University of Alberta study suggests<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        February 2018<\/p>\n

        Why road closures could help protect North America’s grizzly bear
        \n<\/a><\/strong>
        \n<\/a>The Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) at the ABMI supports caribou recovery efforts across Western Canada by providing scientific and monitoring services to a broad spectrum of stakeholders.\u00a0 The Revelstoke Caribou Rearing in the Wild program is one of the projects supported by the CMU.\u00a0 Please\u00a0        click here<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to view a recent video describing how local communities, working together, can benefit caribou conservation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        January 2018<\/p>\n

        Bears and roads don’t mix, say U of A grizzly researchers<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

        October 2017<\/p>\n

        Lynx research will be featured in the 4th episode (“Winter”) of the CBC documentary series “The Wild Canadian Year”. The Wild Canadian Year airs on Sundays at 8 PM \/ 8:30 NT on CBC Television. The Winter episode premieres this Sunday, October 15th.<\/p>\n

        Watch a preview of the series and find more information about the Winter episode here: http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/wildcanadianyear\/episodes\/series-preview\/winter<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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        October 2017 Best way to save the caribou? Look at white-tailed deer and moose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

        September 2017<\/p>\n

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        1. Paper: Neilson, E. and S. Boutin. Human disturbance alters the predation rate of moose in the Athabasca oil sands in Ecosphere<\/a><\/strong>
          \nRelated News Article:           Wolf behaviour undeterred by tailings ponds and pit mines<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n
        2. Paper: Serrouya et al. Experimental moose reduction lowers wolf density and stops decline of endangered caribou. Peer J, 2017 DOI: 10.7717\/peerj.3736<\/a><\/strong>
          \nRelated news Articles:
          \n          https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/08\/30\/science\/moose-wolves-caribou.html<\/a>http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/how-killing-moose-can-save-caribou-180964656\/<\/a>http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/bc-caribou-wolf-cull-1.4269660 <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          July 2017 – Climate change, not land use, is driving deer north<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          May 2017 – Stan Boutin received the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Excellence in Research<\/a><\/strong> (Sciences\/Engineering), the most prestigious University of Alberta research award<\/p>\n

          April 2017
          \nHow Warming Is Profoundly Changing a Great Northern Wilderness
          \nBy Ed Struzik<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          April 2017 Lynx & hare work: Fur and Fitbit – northern research in the age of gadgetry<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

          April 2017 Red squirrels seem to have a mysterious ability to predict spruce seed bonanza years (Alaska Dispatch News)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

          February 2017 Hitching a ride with a carnivore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          January 2017\u00a0Wandering Lynx: Lynx Research in Alaska and Canada<\/strong><\/a>
          \nSee link to a recent article on long-distance lynx dispersal and general info about our ongoing lynx research<\/p>\n

          September 2016\u00a0Forbidden fruit a fatal temptation for grizzly bears in Southeastern British Columbia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          September 2016 Saving caribou<\/strong><\/a> University of Alberta biologist and professor Stan Boutin will oversee an advisory panel tasked with monitoring and implementing a caribou management plan for Alberta.<\/p>\n

          September 2016 Alberta Outdoorsmen article “Should we fence caribou to save wolves?”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

          22 July 2016 To save caribou, Alberta wants to fence them in (Science<\/strong><\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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