Habitat selection by forest-dwelling caribou in managed boreal forest of eastern Canada: Evidence of a landscape configuration effect

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 636-643

  Hins, Caroline ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Dussault, Claude ^b   St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest harvesting; Forest dwelling caribou; GPS telemetry; Habitat selection; Landscape configuration

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT HOUSES; BUILDINGS; FORESTRY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HARVESTING; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; OCEAN HABITATS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION AIDS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

FOREST HARVESTING; FOREST-DWELLING CARIBOU; GPS TELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE CONFIGURATION;

ECOLOGY;

BOREAL FOREST; CLEARCUTTING; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DECLINE; REGENERATION; RUTTING; TELEMETRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BUILDINGS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HOUSINGS; LIFE CYCLE; NAVIGATIONAL EQUIPMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITES; TELEMETRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 56949098326     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.049     Document Type: Article

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