Linking habitat selection and predation risk to spatial variation in survival

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-352

  DeCesare, Nicholas J ^a   Hebblewhite, Mark ^a   Bradley, Mark ^b   Hervieux, David ^c   Neufeld, Lalenia ^b   Musiani, Marco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological trap; Habitat quality; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Resource selection functions; Species distribution models; Survival; Wolves; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ANIMAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REINDEER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REINDEER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84894075551     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12144     Document Type: Article

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