Range Constraints for Introduced Elk in Southwest Yukon, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Strong, Wayne L, Chambers, Jesse H.S., Jung, Thomas S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: boreal forest; Cervus; ecology; elk; forage; habitat; introduction; parkland; range; Yukon; forêt boréale; écologie; wapiti; fourrage; forêt-parc; aire de répartition; Canada; Parkland; Arctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67381

Forage availability, snow depths, and winter temperatures were assessed to determine if they might impose range constraints on introduced elk (Cervus elaphus) that voluntarily colonized a 95 km2 area of southwest Yukon (Canada) in 1959. Parkland-like vegetation of stunted aspen (Populus tremuloides)...