{"id":956,"date":"2025-01-07T10:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T10:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/?post_type=completed_project&#038;p=956"},"modified":"2025-05-01T17:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:12:16","slug":"long-term-monitoring-of-harvested-mountain-ungulates-to-improve-their-conservation-and-sustainable-use","status":"publish","type":"completed_project","link":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/en\/completed_project\/long-term-monitoring-of-harvested-mountain-ungulates-to-improve-their-conservation-and-sustainable-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-Term Monitoring of Harvested Mountain Ungulates to Improve Their Conservation and Sustainable Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"956\" class=\"elementor elementor-956\" data-elementor-post-type=\"completed_project\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396ebbd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"396ebbd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5de47a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b5de47a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cacea5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1cacea5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e0dac6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e0dac6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c759bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c759bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This Knowledge Hub is now complete!\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66fe541 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"66fe541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Read the final Knowledge Hub summary below <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/project-summaries_29may2024_festa-bianchet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(click to open the PDF)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d9e21a about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d9e21a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong> <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/project-summaries_festa_bianchet_french.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Version fran\u00e7aise disponible ici<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62f329 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f62f329\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festa-bianchet_dropshadow.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-958\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festa-bianchet_dropshadow.webp 955w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festa-bianchet_dropshadow-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festa-bianchet_dropshadow-768x503.webp 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/festa-bianchet_dropshadow-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2c5e08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f2c5e08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ca7e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c4ca7e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Principal Investigator: Marco Festa-Bianchet (University of Sherbrooke)\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-199fda0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"199fda0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60cf901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60cf901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Opportunity:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46b2a86 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46b2a86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost populations of mountain sheep in Canada are managed for trophy hunting and all face ongoing or expected threats from climate change (White et al. 2018), exotic diseases from domestic livestock (Cassirer et al. 2018), and habitat degradation and fragmentation from human development (Epps et al. 2005). Shrinkage in horn size from excessive selective hunting affects the evolutionary sustainability of mountain ungulate hunting (Pigeon et al. 2016), an important land use of mountainous environments that has substantial ecological, social, recreational, and economic consequences. The possible roles of genetic rescue from protected areas, climate change, and changes in habitat in affecting horn size, however, have received less attention.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0b4892 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f0b4892\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d71f541 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d71f541\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Objectives:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76b2a8f about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76b2a8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe will answer the following questions: Is the evolution of smaller horns avoided or reduced by more conservative hunting regulations? What is the effect of refuge areas on ram horn size and genetic diversity? Do long-term changes in habitat, population density and weather account for changes in horn size?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1327db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1327db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b560bca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b560bca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Plan:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bfff93 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bfff93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe will focus on the effects of harvest regime, proximity to protected areas, climate change and changes in habitat quality on ram horn growth. Genetic data from horn cores and fecal samples will be used to assess connectivity among populations and to test whether or not genetic diversity is correlated with harvest intensity and distance from protected areas. For all species, annual horn increments measured over the last 40 years will provide an index to the possible effects of climate change. Our research will have a very strong ability to test our hypotheses because it will examine data from a combined total of about 35,000 harvested animals over 40 years. Our research team has been working on mountain ungulates for over 30 years.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad359e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ad359e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c0939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10c0939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Key Outcomes &amp; Impact: \n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-016750f about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"016750f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNonresident hunters pay tens of thousands of dollars to hire guides, and some Indigenous peoples either run guiding business or work for guides. Therefore, these species have considerable economic importance in Canada.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583d0ee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"583d0ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711ecf3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"711ecf3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c264539 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c264539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Other Team Members:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc90a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2cc90a0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c94778 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3c94778\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c238b9 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"0c238b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-380\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFanie Pelletier \t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t(University of Sherbrooke)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9468e12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9468e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40188d8 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"40188d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-380\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/jade-roberts-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDave Coltman\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t(University of Alberta)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edd6de6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"edd6de6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69c63b2 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69c63b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/figshare.com\/s\/bc4b3d21f1d5758e498e\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guide to ageing mountain sheep, with emphasis on methods for measuring yearly horn increments <\/a>(March 2022)<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beeecf1 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"beeecf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>June 2021 Presentation: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/mountain-ungulates.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Ungulates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a0e48 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3a0e48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>February 2020 Presentation: <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/mountain-ungulates-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Ungulates<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1025455 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1025455\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1a7a05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d1a7a05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mountain-ungulates-2.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-961\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/mountain-ungulates-2.webp 561w, 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Read the final Knowledge Hub summary below (click to open the PDF) Version fran\u00e7aise disponible ici Principal Investigator: Marco Festa-Bianchet (University of Sherbrooke) Opportunity: Most populations of mountain sheep in Canada are managed for trophy hunting and all face ongoing or expected threats from climate change (White et al. 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