DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.19651767.v1
title: Unique species within the boreal caribou distribution

description: Raster files related to the presence (value of 1) or absence (value of 0) of a species at risk distribution, for seven species/populations considered by the project to be 'unique' to the boreal caribou distribution. The definition of uniqueness was based on thresholding the proportion of the Canada-wide species distribution that falls within the boreal caribou distribution, and the proportion of the boreal caribou distribution that is covered by the species distribution. The file representing the presence of any of the seven species/population distributions is: <strong>bio_unique_species.tif</strong> Species / populations considered were: Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon), Western Hudson Bay population: <strong>bio_unique_species_Acipenser-fulvescens_WesternHudsonBay.tif</strong> Bison bison athabascae (wood bison): <strong>bio_unique_species_Bison-bison-bison.tif</strong> Bison bison bison (plains bison): <strong>bio_unique_species_Bison-bison-bison.tif</strong> Bucephala islandica (Barrow's goldeneye), Eastern population: <strong>bio_unique_species_Bucephala-islandica_Eastern.tif</strong> Grus americana (whooping crane): <strong>bio_unique_species_Grus-americana.tif</strong> Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon), Quebec Eastern North Shore population: <strong>bio_unique_species_Salmo-salar_QuebecEasternNorthShore.tif</strong> Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon), Quebec Western North Shore population: <strong>bio_unique_species_Salmo-salar_QuebecWesternNorthShore.tif</strong> <strong>Sources</strong> Acipenser fulvescens (lake sturgeon), Western Hudson Bay population The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2017. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens, Western Hudson Bay populations, Saskatchewan-Nelson River populations, Southern Hudson Bay-James Bay populations and Great Lakes-Upper St. Lawrence populations in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xxx + 153 pp. (https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_Lake Sturgeon_2017_e.pdf) Distribution delineation is based on work units (sub-sub-drainage areas) from National Hydro Network, by Natural Resources Canada (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a4b190fe-e090-4e6d-881e-b87956c07977). Sub-sub-drainage areas were assembled to match the designatable unit shown in Figure 2 (page 10) of the COSEWIC report, above. Bison bison athabascae (wood bison) The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2013. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Plains Bison Bison bison bison and the Wood Bison Bison bison athabascae in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xv + 109 pp. (https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_Plains Bison and Wood Bison_2013_e.pdf) Distribution delineation is from the Envrinoment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) 'Range Map extents - Species at Risk' data set (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d00f8e8c-40c4-435a-b790-980339ce3121) which is compiled from a combination of NatureServe (https://www.natureserve.org/) data, species at risk recovery strategies, ECCC resources and COSEWIC status reports. Bison bison bison (plains bison) The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2013. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Plains Bison Bison bison bison and the Wood Bison Bison bison athabascae in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. xv + 109 pp. (https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/sr_Plains Bison and Wood Bison_2013_e.pdf) Distribution delineation was digitized from Figure 6 (page 21) of the report above. Bucephala islandica (Barrow's goldeneye), Eastern population The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2000. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Barrow’s Goldeneye Bucephala islandica, Eastern population, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 65 pp. (https://wildlife-species.canada.ca/species-risk-registry/virtual_sara/files/cosewic/Barrow’s Goldeneye_2000_e.pdf) Distribution delineation is from the Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) 'Range Map extents - Species at Risk' data set (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d00f8e8c-40c4-435a-b790-980339ce3121) which is compiled from a combination of NatureServe (https://www.natureserve.org/) data, species at risk recovery strategies, ECCC resources and COSEWIC status reports. Grus americana (whooping crane) The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2010. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Whooping Crane Grus americana in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. x + 36 pp. Distribution delineation is from the Envrinoment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) 'Range Map extents - Species at Risk' data set (https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/d00f8e8c-40c4-435a-b790-980339ce3121) which is compiled from a combination of NatureServe (https://www.natureserve.org/) data, species at risk recovery strategies, ECCC resources and COSEWIC status reports. Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon), Quebec Eastern North Shore and Quebec Western North Shore populations Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Québec Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune (DFO and MNRF). 2008. Conservation Status Report, Atlantic Salmon in Atlantic Canada and Quebec: PART I – Species Information. Can. MS Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 2861, 208 p. (https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/335625.pdf) Distribution delineation was digitized from Figure 9 (page 44) of the report above. The figure itself was adapted from the two reports below: O’Connell, M.F., J.B. Dempson, G. Chaput. 2006. Aspects of the life history, biology, and population dynamics of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in Eastern Canada. (https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/323204.pdf) Porter, T.R., M.C. Healey, M.F. O’Connell, E.T. Baum, A.T. Bielak, and Y. Côté. 1986. Implications of varying sea age at maturity of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) on yield to the fisheries. Pp. 110-117 In D. J. Meerburg [Ed.] Salmonid age at maturity. Can. Spec. Public. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 89, 118p. (https://waves-vagues.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/Library/35213.pdf) <br>