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Title: | Summer distribution, abundance, movements and diet of reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) in habitats created by clearcutting in the boreal forest |
Authors: | Lukacs, Endre |
Keywords: | Elk restoration in Ontario;Foraging patch selection;Remote cameras and animal monitoring |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
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. |
URI: | http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4275 |
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: | Natural Resources Management |
metadata.etd.degree.name: | Master of Science |
metadata.etd.degree.level: | Master |
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: | McLaren, Brian |
metadata.dc.contributor.committeemember: | Rodgers, Art Hamr, Josef Ranta, Bruce |
Appears in Collections: | Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 |
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