Characteristics of the boreal mixedwood forest associated with subnivean access by the American Marten (Martes americana)

• Main Author: Gammond, Peter Raymond Melvin
• Other Authors: McLaren, Brian, Thompson, Ian, Luckai, Nancy
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: American marten; Habitat; Ontario; Northwestern; Taiga ecology; Forests and forestry; Kapuskasing region; Thunder Bay region; Access Point; Thunder Bay; Martes americana; taiga
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/229

Habitat selection by the American marten (Martes americana ), in studies throughout its range, has been associated with forest types that offer higher structural complexity. Such structure has been proposed to facilitate predator avoidance and access to the subnivean environment for thermoregulation...