Wolverine Abundance Indexing on the Slave Geological Province (GNWT, 2004)
A presentation on a pilot study developing hair snagging and genetic analysis techniques to index wolverine abundance on the central barrens of the Slave Geological Province. The research demonstrates that hair snagging devices and DNA analysis using microsatellite markers can effectively identify individual wolverines and assess population dynamics in relation to environmental pressures including linear developments and habitat disturbance.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- Robert Mulders, David Paetkau, Marc d'Entremont, Rob Gau, Dean Cluff, Gustaf Samelius, Wildlife and Fisheries, RWED, GNWT, Wildlife Genetics International, Jacques Whitford Environment Ltd., Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board, COSEWIC, Northwest Territories Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Slave Geological Province, central barrens, western Canada, Bathurst Caribou winter range, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Daring Lake camp, North Slave region, Nelson, B.C.
- Parameters
- wolverine abundance, wolverine productivity, caribou, wolves, mortality pressures, hunting access, human disturbance, hair snagging, DNA analysis, genetic markers, microsatellites, population modelling, cumulative effects assessment
- Pages
- 16
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