WINTER HABITAT USE BY MOOSE IN THE VICINITY OF AN OPEN PIT COPPER MINE IN NORTH-CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Main Authors: Westworth, David, Brusnyk, Lawrence, Roberts, John, Veldhuzien, Hennie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 1989
• Subjects: Copper Mine; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1215

Patterns of winter habitat used by moose (Alces alces andersoni) were documented around an open pit copper mine in north-central British Columbia. Results of browse surveys, pellet-group counts and noise level measurements indicate that moose distribution in the study area is influenced more by diff...