Broad-scale lake expansion and flooding inundates essential wood bison habitat

Climate change can affect lake water level and nearby landscape. Korosi and colleagues show recent expansion of shallow lakes in the Canadian Northwest Territories is flooding critical habitat for the wood bison, and demonstrate the trickle-down effect of climate change on ecosystem functioning.

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Main Authors: Jennifer B. Korosi, Joshua R. Thienpont, Michael F. J. Pisaric, Peter deMontigny, Joelle T. Perreault, Jamylynn McDonald, Myrna J. Simpson, Terry Armstrong, Steven V. Kokelj, John P. Smol, Jules M. Blais
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1533f7eb684f45feb3c86a5930ff1db9
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