A multiscale behavioral approach to understanding the movements of woodland caribou

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1840-1860

  Johnson, Chris J ^a,c   Parker, Katherine L ^a   Heard, Douglas C ^b   Gillingham, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caribou; GPS; Habitat patch; Heterogeneity; Movement patterns; Multiscale analysis; Patch configuration; Predation risk; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Selection

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK; UNGULATE; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMALIA; PICEA MARIANA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036993934     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1840:AMBATU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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