Interpreting resource selection at different scales for woodland caribou in winter

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1601-1614

  Gustine, David D ^a,c   Parker, Katherine L ^a   Lay, Roberta J ^a,d   Gillingham, Michael P ^a   Heard, Douglas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d Kenai Peninsula Borough   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribou; Energetic cost; Movement; Predation risk; Rangifer; Reproductive condition; Resource selection; Scale

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEER; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION; WINTER; WOODLAND;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 33846783252     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1601:IRSADS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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