Characteristics of early-winter caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou, feeding sites in the southern Purcell Mountains, British Columbia

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 352-359

  Kinley, Trevor A ^a   Bergenske, John ^b   Davies, Julie Anne ^b   Quinn, David ^b  

^a Sylvan Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

^b Box 84 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Bryoria; Early winter; Grouseberry; Habitat; Lichen; Purcell Mountains; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Vaccinium scoparium; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

ECOTYPE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LICHEN; RARE SPECIES; UNGULATE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; BRYORIA; CLADONIA; LARIX; LARIX LYALLII; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS ALBICAULIS; PINUS CONTORTA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; UNGULATA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 3543143114     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v117i3.737     Document Type: Article

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