Habitat use by woodland caribou near Takla Lake in central British Columbia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Poole, Kim G, Heard, Douglas C, Mowat, Garth
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2000
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Takla Lake; Canis lupus; caribou; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z00-087; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z00-087

Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) living in the mountainous areas of British Columbia are usually classified as either northern caribou, which spend much of the winter in low-elevation relatively young forests foraging primarily on terrestrial lichens, or mountain caribou, which winter in high-elevation o...