Site fidelity and habitat characteristics of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) nursery areas in Wabakimi and Woodland Caribou provincial parks, Northern Ontario / by Natasha Lynn Carr.

• Main Author: Carr, Natasha Lynn
• Other Authors: Rodgers, Art, Schraft, Heidi, Lankester, Murray W., Lipsett-Moore, Geoff
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Woodland caribou - Habitat; Woodland Caribou Provincial Park; Wabakimi Provincial Park; Northern Ontario; Carr; Gunn; Whitten; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3698

To prevent further range recession, habitat features essential to the life history requisites of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) such as calving and nursery areas need to be protected for the persistence of the species. Forest-dwelling woodland caribou may minimize predation risk during...