The Role of Human Altered Landscapes and Predators in the Spatial Overlap Between Moose, Wolves, and Endangered Caribou

• Main Author: Anderson, Meghan Samantha
• Other Authors: Stan Boutin (Biological Sciences), Jessamyn Manson (Biological Sciences), Erin Bayne (Biological Sciences), Andrew Derocher (Biological Sciences)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Alberta. Department of Biological Sciences. 2014
• Subjects: envir; geo; Columbia Mountains; Alces alces; Canis lupus; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10402/era.39808

Degree: Master of Science Abstract: Human altered landscapes can cause the endangerment or extinction of a species, not only by a direct loss of habitat but by altering predator-prey relationships. Predators can drive prey to extinction when the density of the predator becomes subsidized by another...