Identifying indirect habitat loss and avoidance of human infrastructure by northern mountain woodland caribou

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2637-2646

  Polfus, J L ^a   Hebblewhite, M ^a   Heinemeyer, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Round River Conservation Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative effect; Habitat selection; Potential habitat; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Resource selection functions (RSF); Zone of influence (ZOI)

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE SELECTION; WOODLAND;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 80052588947     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.023     Document Type: Article

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