Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory
The altitudinal movements, preferred topography and plant communities of 150 to 200 woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) were recorded for two summers. Nine subalpine or alpine tundra communities constituting their major summer range were quantitatively described. Caribou calved in shrub com...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65600 2023-05-15T14:19:17+02:00 Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory Oosenbrug, Sebastian M. Theberge, John B. 1980-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65600 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65600/49514 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65600 ARCTIC; Vol. 33 No. 1 (1980): March: 1–220; 59-72 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Animal food Animal migration Caribou Mountains Plant distribution Ungulates Wildlife habitat Kluane Lake region Yukon info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1980 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z The altitudinal movements, preferred topography and plant communities of 150 to 200 woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) were recorded for two summers. Nine subalpine or alpine tundra communities constituting their major summer range were quantitatively described. Caribou calved in shrub communities between 1300 and 1450 m, moving upward as the summer progressed. Stags and associated juveniles preferred higher elevations than did other groupings. Caribou disproportionately chose north-facing slopes of less than 20 deg. They fed in birch-sedge meadow and sedge meadow communities nearly twice as much as expected from the areal extent of the communities, and also disproportionately chose other communities with high sedge components. The presence of sedges was the predominant vegetational characteristic chosen regardless of elevations, with only minor differences between caribou sex and age groupings. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic caribou Rangifer tarandus Tundra Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Caribou Mountains ENVELOPE(-115.669,-115.669,59.200,59.200) Kluane Lake ENVELOPE(-138.773,-138.773,61.261,61.261) Kluane Ranges ENVELOPE(-138.387,-138.387,61.116,61.116) Yukon ARCTIC 33 1 |
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Animal distribution Animal food Animal migration Caribou Mountains Plant distribution Ungulates Wildlife habitat Kluane Lake region Yukon Oosenbrug, Sebastian M. Theberge, John B. Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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The altitudinal movements, preferred topography and plant communities of 150 to 200 woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) were recorded for two summers. Nine subalpine or alpine tundra communities constituting their major summer range were quantitatively described. Caribou calved in shrub communities between 1300 and 1450 m, moving upward as the summer progressed. Stags and associated juveniles preferred higher elevations than did other groupings. Caribou disproportionately chose north-facing slopes of less than 20 deg. They fed in birch-sedge meadow and sedge meadow communities nearly twice as much as expected from the areal extent of the communities, and also disproportionately chose other communities with high sedge components. The presence of sedges was the predominant vegetational characteristic chosen regardless of elevations, with only minor differences between caribou sex and age groupings. |
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Oosenbrug, Sebastian M. Theberge, John B. |
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Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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Altitudinal Movements and Summer Habitat Preferences of Woodland Caribou in the Kluane Ranges, Yukon Territory |
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altitudinal movements and summer habitat preferences of woodland caribou in the kluane ranges, yukon territory |
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ENVELOPE(-115.669,-115.669,59.200,59.200) ENVELOPE(-138.773,-138.773,61.261,61.261) ENVELOPE(-138.387,-138.387,61.116,61.116) |
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Caribou Mountains Kluane Lake Kluane Ranges Yukon |
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Caribou Mountains Kluane Lake Kluane Ranges Yukon |
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Arctic caribou Rangifer tarandus Tundra Yukon |
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Arctic caribou Rangifer tarandus Tundra Yukon |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 33 No. 1 (1980): March: 1–220; 59-72 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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