Climate change is occurring very rapidly in the Arctic, and the processes that have taken
millions of years to evolve in this very extreme environment are now changing on timescales …

Awareness of the impact of the global energy industry and associated landuse change on
biodiversity conservation has been steadily growing amongst conservation biologists …

Urbanization and associated environmental changes are causing global declines in
vertebrate populations. In general, population declines of the magnitudes now detected …

Nowhere across Canada is the continued persistence of woodland caribou (Rangifer
tarandus caribou (Gmelin, 1788)) more uncertain than in Alberta due to widespread …

The Arctic has been warming rapidly, affecting ecological processes across the region.
Caribou and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) is a keystone Arctic species undergoing declines …

Pleistocene glacial cycles influenced the diversification of high‐latitude wildlife species
through recurrent periods of range contraction, isolation, divergence, and expansion from …

Using multiple knowledge sources to interpret patterns of biodiversity can generate the
comprehensive species characterizations that are required for effective conservation …

Reindeer are semi-domesticated ruminants that have adapted to the challenging northern
Eurasian environment characterized by long winters and marked annual fluctuations in …

Parallel evolution can occur through selection on novel mutations, standing genetic variation
or adaptive introgression. Uncovering parallelism and introgressed populations can …

The concept of the designatable unit (DU) affords a practical approach to identifying diversity
below the species level for conservation prioritization. However, its suitability for defining …