Multiscale assessment of the impacts of roads and cutovers on calving site selection in woodland caribou

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-65

  Leclerc, Martin ^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

Calving; Cutovers; Hierarchical habitat selection; Qu bec; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE; BALSAM FIR; BASAL AREA; BLACK SPRUCE; BOREAL FORESTS; CALVING; CARIBOU HABITATS; COARSE TO FINE; CUTOVERS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD RESOURCES; FOREST STAND; GPS TELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HIGH ELEVATION; HOME RANGE; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; MULTISCALES; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE SELECTION FUNCTION; ROAD DENSITY; SPATIAL SCALE; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP; WOODLAND CARIBOU;

ECOSYSTEMS; MAPS; SITE SELECTION; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; BIOTELEMETRY; BOREAL FOREST; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIMITING FACTOR; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; WOODLAND;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; MAPS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA MARIANA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 84866980731     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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