Assessing factors influencing the space use of a woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou population using an individual-based model

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 478-488

  Metsaranta, Juha M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat preference; Home range; Manitoba; Monte carlo simulation; Movement; Rangifer; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 59449107597     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396-14.4.478     Document Type: Article

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