Behavioural strategies towards human disturbances explain individual performance in woodland caribou

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 297-306

  Leclerc, Martin ^a   Dussault, Christian ^b   St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b Direction de la biodiversité et des maladies de la faune Direction générale de l expertise sur la faune et ses habitats Ministère des Forêts   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Calf survival; Functional response; Habitat selection; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEER; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOME RANGE; LICHEN; PREDATION RISK; REGIONAL PATTERN; WOODLAND;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REINDEER; TREE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; REINDEER; TREES; URSIDAE;

EID: 84906270639     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3012-9     Document Type: Article

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