Mountain pine beetles and emerging issues in the management of woodland caribou in Westcentral British Columbia

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Cichowski, Deborah, Williston, Patrick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2005
• Subjects: caribou; habitat; pine beetles; natural disturbance; Rangifer tarandus caribou; terrestrial lichens; winter range; Entiako Park; Tweedsmuir Park; Rangifer; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1775; https://doi.org/10.7557/2.25.4.1775

The Tweedsmuir—Entiako caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) herd summers in mountainous terrain in the North Tweedsmuir Park area and winters mainly in low elevation forests in the Entiako area of Westcentral British Columbia. During winter, caribou select mature lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) fores...