Bottom-up and top-down forces shaping caribou forage availability on the Lake Superior coast

• Main Author: Kuchta, Ben
• Other Authors: McLaren, Brian, Rempel, Rob, Allen, Martha, Kingston, Steve
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Woodland caribou; Forage; Michipicoten Island Provincial Park; Ontario; Overabundance; Overbrowsing; Lake Superior; Lichens; Pukaskwa National Park; Refuge Islands; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/402

Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus) occupying the Lake Superior Coastal distribution, Ontario, exist in three subpopulations with distinct ranges and demographics. In this study, three ranges are analyzed in terms of summer forage density from bites available to caribou at Pukaskwa National Park, o...