Wolf habitat selection is shaped by human activities in a highly managed boreal forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 276, Issue , 2012, Pages 125-131

  Lesmerises, Frédéric ^a   Dussault, Christian ^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

Anthropogenic disturbances; Cumulative impacts; Forest harvesting; Gray wolf; Habitat selection

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; CUMULATIVE IMPACTS; FOREST HARVESTING; GRAY WOLF; HABITAT SELECTION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

OCEAN HABITATS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BOREAL FOREST; CANID; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GPS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; RESOURCE SELECTION; TIMBER HARVESTING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGGING; OCEANS; OSCILLATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84861441286     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.03.025     Document Type: Article

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