DIFFERENTIAL HABITAT SELECTION BY MOOSE AND ELK IN THE BESA-PROPHET AREA OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Main Authors: Gillingham, Michael P, Parker, Katherine L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 2008
• Subjects: Alces alces; Cervus elaphus; elevation; habitat selection; habitat use; home range; individual variation; movement rates; resource selection; Besa; Canis lupus; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/36

Elk (Cervus elaphus) populations are increasing in the Besa-Prophet area of northern British Columbia, coinciding with the use of prescribed burns to increase quality of habitat for ungulates. Moose (Alces alces) and elk are now the 2 large-biomass species in this multi-ungulate, multi-predator syst...