Estimating the zone of influence of industrial developments on wildlife: A migratory caribou Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus and diamond mine case study

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-179

  Boulanger, John ^a   Poole, Kim G ^b   Gunn, Anne ^c   Wierzchowski, Jack ^d  

^a Integrated Ecological Research   (Canada)

^b Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

^c Geomar Consulting Inc ^*  (Canada)

^d Geomar Consulting Inc   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arctic; barren ground caribou; dust; industrial disturbance; open pit mining; Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus; resource selection functions; zone of influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868013317     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/11-045     Document Type: Article

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