Fine-scale habitat selection by female forest-dwelling caribou in managed boreal forest: Empirical evidence of a seasonal shift between foraging opportunities and antipredator strategies

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 330-340

  Briand, Yves ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Dussault, Claude ^b   St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Antipredator strategies; Fine scale habitat selection; Foraging opportunities; Forest harvesting; Forest dwelling caribou; GPS telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOTELEMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GPS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; LICHEN; MAMMAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILVICULTURE;

CANADA;

PICEA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 76149085864     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-3-3248     Document Type: Article

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