Movements and activity of Caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, of the Torngat Mountains, northern Labrador and Quebec

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 486-490

  Schaefer, James A ^a,b   Luttich, Stuart N ^a,c  

^a Wildlife Division   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Caribou; Labrador; Movements; Population; Quebec; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Space use

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; SEASONALITY; UNGULATE;

CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0032434898     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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