The effects of landscape change on behaviour and risk perceptions of predator and prey communities on a heterogeneous landscape in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada

• Main Author: Chow-Fraser, Gillian
• Other Authors: Volpe, John, Fisher, Jason Thomas
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Mammals; Landscape Ecology; Woodland Caribou; Wolverine Gulo gulo; Community Ecology; North America; Spatial Statistics; British Columbia; Canada; Gulo gulo
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/10481

Habitat selection is assumed to be informed by prior knowledge of the costs and benefits associated with habitat patches on heterogeneous landscapes. Ultimately, species should select habitat that maximizes resources acquired, and minimizes risks to mortality. However, landscape change alters the di...