Wildfire effects on home range size and fidelity of boreal caribou in Alberta, Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-32

  Dalerum, Fredrik ^a,b   Boutin, Stan ^a   Dunford, Jesse S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CARIBOU; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE SIZE;

MAMMALS;

DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; RANGE SIZE; UNGULATE; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FORAGE; FOREST FIRES; MAMMALS;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA;

EID: 34248580688     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-186     Document Type: Article

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