Determining sustainable levels of cumulative effects for boreal caribou

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 900-905

  Sorensen, Troy ^a,f   Mcloughlin, Philip D ^b,g   Hervieux, Dave ^a   Dzus, Elston ^c   Nolan, Jack ^d,f   Wynes, Bob ^d,h   Boutin, Stan ^e  

^a Alberta Sustainable Resource Development   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c Alberta Pacific Forest Industries Inc   (Canada)

^d Box 670   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f University of Alberta ^*  (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal; Cumulative effects; Development; Disturbance; Fire; Habitat; Industrial; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOREAL FOREST; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTYPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THRESHOLD; WILDFIRE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 43249123399     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-079     Document Type: Article

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