Investigation of winter habitat selection by woodland caribou in relation to forage abundance and snow accumulation

• Main Author: MacNearney, Douglas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Arboreal lichen; Generalized linear mixed model; Gros Morne National Park; Habitat selection; Migration; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Satellite telemetry; Terrestrial lichen; Woodland caribou; Canada; Newfoundland; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/470

Imprecision and misclassification of land cover types are two issues commonly encountered in habitat selection studies using satellite land cover classifications and telemetry data. Here, the utility of broad land cover types is explored in a study of habitat selection by woodland caribou (Rangifer...