Effective conservation decisions require models designed for purpose: a case study for boreal caribou in Ontario's Ring of Fire
M. E. Dyson, S. Endicott, C. Simpkins, J. W. Turner, S. Avery-Gomm, C. A. Johnson, M. Leblond, E. Neilson, R. S. Rempel, P. Wiebe, J. L. Baltzer, J. Hughes, F. E. C. Stewart
The paper evaluates existing models for predicting mining impacts on boreal caribou in Ontario's Ring of Fire and finds they are ill-suited for regional planning due to lack of specificity and variability across caribou ranges.
bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2022Ecology