Canopy, snow, and lichens on woodland caribou range in southeastern Manitoba

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Author: Schaefer, James A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: habitat selection; Manitoba; foraging; Rangifer tarandus caribou; taiga; Caribou Range; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1249; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.4.1249

I examined the relationships among snow cover (api), lichen abundance, and canopy composition on the range of the Aikens Lake population of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in southeastern Manitoba. Percent cover of forage lichens (Cladina spp.) was positively correlated with maximum tot...