Scientific Papers
Memories of migrations past: Sociality and cognition in dynamic, seasonal environments
Gurarie et al. 2021. A study using computer modeling to examine the social habits of caribou over various space- and time-scales. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
Continental synchrony and local responses: Climatic effects on spatiotemporal patterns of calving in a social ungulate
Couriot et al. 2023. A new method for modeling timing of calving shows synchrony of calving events at an unprecidented, continental scale. Ecosphere.
Evidence for an adaptive, large-scale range shift in a long-distance terrestrial migrant
Gurarie et al. 2024. The Western Arctic Caribou Herd has drastically shifted it's winter range in recent years, possibly in response to environmental variation and herd memory about winter conditions. Global Change Biology.
Conservation scientist for MoveApps: Innovations and insights from volunteer coders in wildlife conservation
Kölzsch ... Beaupré et al. 2025. A proposal to involve coders as citizen scientists in developing analysis and decision-making tools for wildlife conservation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Articles & Graphic Summaries
Shifting trails: the shrinking range of Bathurst Caribou
A multimedia essay describing the population crash and range shrinkage of the Bathurst caribou herd in northern Canada
Are Bathurst caribou overlapping more with other herds in winter?
A graphic summary of research on winter range overlap of the Bathurst, Beverly-Ahiak, and Bluenose East caribou herds in Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Printable and full-bleed versions available.
Ası̨̀ı̨̀ Hozı̀ı Goekwǫ̀ xok’e nı̨dè ekwǫ̀ eyıı̀-le xè denahk’e ełeta aget’ı̨?
A graphic summary of research on winter range overlap of the Bathurst, Beverly-Ahiak, and Bluenose East caribou herds. Tłı̨chǫ
language version. Printable and full-bleed versions available.
Migration and memory
A graphic summary of research on range shifts and social memory in the Western Arctic Caribou Herd
Migration memory: how caribou adapt to changing winter conditions
A news article summarizing our recent findings on the range shift of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd.
Are migrating caribou losing the collective memory they rely on to survive?
Article by Anne Gunn and Don Russell on caribou population collapse and threats to generational memory, in issue 1.2022 of the World Wildlife Fund's "The Circle" magazine (article begins on page 24)
Collective Movement
A poem on the dynamics of herd-level movement choices by Chloe Beaupre, published in the Navigating the New Arctic Community Office Nuna Zine (page 74)
Conference Presentations & Posters
Complimentary methods for identifying calving grounds of barren-ground caribou
Couriot et al. 2022. A summary of development of new methods to map caribou calving grounds. Joint meeting of the Ecological Society of America and the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution
Differential impacts of environmental conditions and movement behavior on Arctic ugulate survival
Beaupré et al. 2023. A talk from the 2023 North American Caribou Workshop & Arctic Ungulate Conference.