Assessing cumulative impacts of forest development on the abundance and distribution of furbearers.

• Other Authors: Bridger, Michael C. (Author), Johnson, Christoper (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Northern British Columbia 2015
• Subjects: Fur-bearing animals > Effect of habitat modification on > British Columbia; Central Interior; Forests and forestry > Environmental aspects > British Columbia; SF403.5.C2 B75 2015; Canada; British Columbia; American marten; Martes americana; Lynx
• Online Access: https://arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A16933; https://doi.org/10.24124/2015/bpgub1069

Furbearer populations across the central-interior of British Columbia, Canada, are exposed to the cumulative impacts of landscape change, particularly as a result of forest harvesting. I elicited knowledge from furbearer experts to develop habitat models for three furbearer species: fisher (Pekania...