Wilfrid Laurier University
$450,000.00 CAD
≈ 6 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- Polar Knowledge Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2024
- Reference
- polar-polaire:171-2020-2021-Q4-00042
Published purpose
Rapid permafrost thaw events can dramatically change vegetation of a landscape, in particular fire-driven changes, reducing lichen availability to caribou. This study will assess how and where permafrost degradation will most affect caribou in the NWT, using field measurements in-line with remote sensing techniques. Modelling will aid in the prediction of forage vegetation supply.
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