Moose (Alces alces) Movement and Space Occupancy within Their Home Range in Southern Ontario
As land-use change threatens wildlife viability, the understanding of how animals move through spatially fragmented landscapes has important implications for the long-term persistence and management of species. This research compares moose movement and space-use patterns between Algonquin Provincial...
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ftunivtoronto:oai:localhost:1807/27363 2023-05-15T13:13:14+02:00 Moose (Alces alces) Movement and Space Occupancy within Their Home Range in Southern Ontario Ung, Ricardo Fortin, Marie-Josee Ecology and Evolutionary Biology NO_RESTRICTION http://hdl.handle.net/1807/27363 en_ca eng http://hdl.handle.net/1807/27363 Animal Movement Conservation Road Ecology Protected Area 0329 Thesis ftunivtoronto 2020-06-17T11:18:54Z As land-use change threatens wildlife viability, the understanding of how animals move through spatially fragmented landscapes has important implications for the long-term persistence and management of species. This research compares moose movement and space-use patterns between Algonquin Provincial Park (20 moose) and Wildlife Management Unit 49 (17 moose) in southern Ontario from 2006 to 2008. Moose were found to be using areas in the home range that are not normally used more often in the park relative to the management unit, and that there are signs, although not significant, that the use of land covers between the two locations may be diverging. These differences are likely driven by the differences in predator and road densities between the two locations. I interpret these findings to suggest that Algonquin Provincial Park is protecting moose from the impacts of roads, but that moose can survive in the road-fragmented landscapes if there is enough habitat available. MAST Thesis Alces alces University of Toronto: Research Repository T-Space |
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As land-use change threatens wildlife viability, the understanding of how animals move through spatially fragmented landscapes has important implications for the long-term persistence and management of species. This research compares moose movement and space-use patterns between Algonquin Provincial Park (20 moose) and Wildlife Management Unit 49 (17 moose) in southern Ontario from 2006 to 2008. Moose were found to be using areas in the home range that are not normally used more often in the park relative to the management unit, and that there are signs, although not significant, that the use of land covers between the two locations may be diverging. These differences are likely driven by the differences in predator and road densities between the two locations. I interpret these findings to suggest that Algonquin Provincial Park is protecting moose from the impacts of roads, but that moose can survive in the road-fragmented landscapes if there is enough habitat available. MAST |
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Moose (Alces alces) Movement and Space Occupancy within Their Home Range in Southern Ontario |
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