Assessing the influence of resource covariates at multiple spatial scales: An application to forest-dwelling caribou faced with intensive human activity

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1433-1446

  Leblond, Mathieu ^a   Frair, Jacqueline ^b   Fortin, Daniel ^b   Dussault, Christian ^c   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Courtois, Réhaume ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Forest dwelling woodland caribou; Landscape context; Multi scale habitat selection; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Resource selection function; Spatial extent; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LICHEN; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRAIN; THRESHOLD; WOODLAND;

CANADA; CHARLEVOIX; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 80855132792     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-011-9647-6     Document Type: Article

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