Comparative winter habitat use and associations among herbivores in the High Arctic

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-391

  Schaefer, James A ^a,b   Stevens, Scott D ^a,c   Messier, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Division   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

arctic hare; caribou; habitat selection; interspecific relationships; multivariate; muskox; niche; ptarmigan; spatial scale

Indexed keywords

LAGOPUS; LEPUS; LEPUS ARCTICUS; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS; VICTORIA;

ARCTIC HARE; CARIBOU; HABITAT USE; MUSKOX; PTARMIGAN; WINTER;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, VICTORIA ISLAND;

EID: 0030299170     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1215     Document Type: Article

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