Wetland habitat selection by woodland caribou as characterized using the Alberta Wetland Inventory

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Brown, W. Kent, Rettie, W. James, Wynes, Bob, Morton, Kim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2011
• Subjects: caribou; habitat selection; woodland caribou; Alberta; habitat availability; habitat use; peatlands; Rangifer tarandus caribou; Caribou Range; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1640; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.5.1640

We examined habitat selection by woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in northwestern Alberta based on a wetland classification system developed for the Alberta Vegetation Inventory. Our two objectives were to describe caribou habitat use, and to assess the utility of the wetland classificat...