Northwest Territories
Collaboratively forecasting landscape change and population dynamics of barren-ground caribou
ALCES PopDyn is being used for collaborative assessment of barren-ground caribou population dynamics in the Northwest Territories.
Where ALCES is applied
Regional Assessment
Landscape and population simulations integrated, to assess the consequences of development, climate change, harvest and interspecies interactions to wildlife and fish populations.
We work with government and co-management agencies to assess cumulative effects at large spatial and temporal scales. Using ALCES PopDyn, landscape and population simulations are integrated to holistically assess the consequences of development, climate change, harvest, and interspecies interactions to wildlife and fish populations. Examples of other approaches we use to link ecological response to stressors include connectivity mapping, dose-response models, and linkages with detailed process models (e.g., hydrology).
Selected work
Much of our work is confidential to the clients who commission it. The projects below are a selection that we are able to discuss publicly.
Alberta
Grizzly bear connectivity, Bow Valley
The use of ALCES to assess connectivity for grizzly bears in Alberta’s Bow Valley is described in an article in the journal Environmental Management.
Alberta
Dose-response curves for trout
The use of ALCES to apply dose-response curves when assessing cumulative impacts to trout is described in a report released by the Alberta Chapter of the Wildlife Society.
British Columbia
Lower Fraser Valley land cover toolkit
ALCES is used to project future land cover in the lower Fraser Valley from 2025 to 2060 in five-year increments, in support of research on the recovery of the Nooksack Dace and Salish sucker.
Manitoba
Riding Mountain National Park vegetation modelling
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