Habitat requirements of boreal forest caribou during the travel seasons

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 465-474

  Ferguson, Steven H ^a   Elkie, Philip C ^b  

^a FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest management; Landscape; Movement patterns; Predation; Prey; Rangifer tarandus; Travel routes; Wolves

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 10344259148     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2004.04.011     Document Type: Article

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