Winter habitat ecology of mountain caribou in relation to forest management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 589-602

  Terry, Eliot L ^a,d   Mclellan, Bruce N ^b   Watts, Glen S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^d Keystone Wildlife Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foraging strategies; Forestry; Habitat selection; Rangifer tarandus; Ungulate winter range

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; SILVICULTURE; UNGULATE; WINTER;

CANADA;

ABIES LASIOCARPA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0033846275     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2000.00523.x     Document Type: Article

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