dc.contributor.advisor | McLaren, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Lukacs, Endre | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-12T19:32:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-12T19:32:29Z | |
dc.date.created | 2016 | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4275 | |
dc.description.abstract | Ontario elk restoration program involved 443 elk (Cervus canadensis) from Elk Island National Park, Alberta, re-introduced into four areas of Ontario during 1998-2001. In Northwestern Ontario, the Lake of the Woods (LOW) region received a total of 104 elk in 2000 and 2001. Currently, the region supports a small, free-ranging elk population with a relatively slow rate of increase; most often the elk occupy grassy clearcuts created by logging. In this study, population size and use of foraging patches and roads are described for the spring - summer period. Seasonal home range and activity patterns are evaluated using motion activated cameras, radio-telemetry and direct observation. Spring - summer diet composition is described from microhistological analysis of fecal pellets. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Elk restoration in Ontario | en_US |
dc.subject | Foraging patch selection | en_US |
dc.subject | Remote cameras and animal monitoring | en_US |
dc.title | Summer distribution, abundance, movements and diet of reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) in habitats created by clearcutting in the boreal forest | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
etd.degree.name | Master of Science | en_US |
etd.degree.level | Master | en_US |
etd.degree.discipline | Natural Resources Management | en_US |
etd.degree.grantor | Lakehead University | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Rodgers, Art | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Hamr, Josef | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Ranta, Bruce | |