Use of summer habitat by caribou on the north slope of a mountain near the Macmillan Pass, N.W.T.

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: James F. Quayle, G. Peter Kershaw
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: habitat ecology; woodland caribou; Mackenzie Mountains; Northwest Territories; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Macmillan Pass; caribou; Mackenzie mountains; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1271; https://doaj.org/article/953ee6a03c4c4bec8b2fc810b7c6885f

Habitat use by woodland caribou was investigated by counting pellet-groups, sampling phytomass, and evaluating topography in nine habitat-types on the north slope of an unnamed mountain near Macmillan Pass, N.W.T. Caribou pellets were most abundant in high elevation habitat-types, and pellet density...