| dc.contributor.advisor | rodgers, art | |
| dc.contributor.author | vander wal, eric | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-06-07t20:09:32z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-06-07t20:09:32z | |
| dc.date.created | 2004 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/3259 | |
| dc.description.abstract | i investigated summer habitat selection patterns within the home ranges of 60 gps-collared
adult female moose (alces alces) in northwestern ontario. i developed a model that
identified the ‘summer’ period for moose and i suggest and test a new approach for
objectively delineating areas of intense use, or ‘core’ areas. once summer and core areas
were established, i tested two competing hypotheses to identify differences in habitat
selected between the core areas and home range peripheries; (1) core areas represent
superior spatial configurations of habitats when compared to home range peripheries; and
(2) core areas are selected to contain a subset of ‘preferred’ forage species with higher
individual densities or a higher total density of all forage species than home range
peripheries. the study was conducted in 2 landscapes characterized by different
disturbance patterns created by different timber harvesting systems: modified “guidelines”
cut (mgc); and progressive, contiguous clear cut (pcc).
moose move more and faster during the summer than the winter to exploit available forage.
i defined moose ‘summer’ as the period during the calendar year when an animal maintains
a rate of movement greater than the annual mean. using a sub-sample (n=32) of animals
collared in 2000,1 determined 1 may 2000 as the median date for the ‘winter-summer’
transition (range: 2 april-24 may) and the median transition from ‘summer-winter’ was 25
august 2000 (range: 1 aug-23 october).
moose home ranges were designated using a 90% adaptive kernel. within the home range,
moose devote a disproportionate amount of time to a fraction of the total area. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_us | |
| dc.subject | moose habitat ontario, northwestern | |
| dc.subject | habitat selection ontario, northwestern | |
| dc.subject | moose summering ontario, northwestern | |
| dc.title | core areas of habitat use : the influence of spatial scale of analysis on interpreting summer habitat selection by moose (alces alces) | |
| dc.type | thesis | |
| etd.degree.name | master of science | |
| etd.degree.level | master | |
| etd.degree.discipline | biology | |
| etd.degree.grantor | 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜
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| dc.contributor.committeemember | lankester, murray w. | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | lee, peter | |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | rempel, rob | |
