Assessing Suitable and Critical Habitat for Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae) Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing: Preliminary Results

• Main Authors: Olaf C. Jensen, John Nishi, Norm L. Cool, David Poll, Hal, W. Reynolds
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Canada; Wood Buffalo; Bison bison athabascae; Slave River; Wood Bison; Wood Buffalo National Park; Bison bison bison
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.3536; http://www.llbc.leg.bc.ca/public/pubdocs/bcdocs/400484/jensen_edited_final_march_14.pdf

Abstract: The wood bison (Bison bison athabascae)1 is currently listed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) as a nationally threatened species. The principal goal of the National Recovery Plan for the Wood Bison is “to foster the recovery of wood bison in other p...