Scale-dependent microhabitat selection by threatened mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in cedar-hemlock forests during winter

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1082-1092

  Serrouya, Robert ^a   McLellan, Bruce N ^b   Flaa, John P ^c  

^a RPO 3   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARK STRIPPING; CLIMATOLOGY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; TELEMETERING;

ARBOREAL LICHENS; HABITAT SELECTION PATTERNS; LATE-SUCCESSIONAL CONIFEROUS FORESTS; SCALE-DEPENDENT MICROHABITAT SELECTION;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOTYPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; SNAG; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELEMETRY; UNGULATE; WINTER;

CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FORESTRY; LICHENS; METEOROLOGY;

CONIUM; GYMINDA LATIFOLIA; PAXISTIMA MYRSINITES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 34948819108     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-279     Document Type: Article

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