A landscape evaluation of bison movements and distribution in northern Canada ...
Bibliography: p. 116-127. ... : Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in free-ranging bison in the Greater Wood Buffalo National Park Ecosystem (GWBNPE) represent an increasing risk to conservation and recovery of disease-free free-ranging bison and to a rapidly expanding commercial bison industry. Th...
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| Format: | Master Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Environmental Design
2002
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/22677 https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/39295 |
| Summary: | Bibliography: p. 116-127. ... : Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis in free-ranging bison in the Greater Wood Buffalo National Park Ecosystem (GWBNPE) represent an increasing risk to conservation and recovery of disease-free free-ranging bison and to a rapidly expanding commercial bison industry. This research focused on bison movements and distribution in the region to provide models and maps for informing the development of disease risk management measures. Thirty-five people from communities in the GWBNPE provided local knowledge which indicated that bison rapidly establish trails along the most direct and practical route between favored habitat patches, prefer graminoid meadows, have an affinity for burned areas, and typically avoid muskeg, dense forest, and steep terrain. Bison were more widely distributed in the region than was previously understood. Movement patterns and water crossings were mapped from local knowledge sources. A summer habitat selection model was constructed with the variables 'greenness' (correlated with ... |
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