Habitat Use by the Porcupine Caribou Herd during Predicted Insect Harassment

Habitat Use by the Porcupine Caribou Herd during Predicted Insect Harassment

Harassment of female caribou (Rangifer tarandus) by insects may negatively affect the cows' energy balance during the critical post-calving and lactation period, and certain habitats may provide relief from such harassment. Consequently, we tracked adult, female caribou from the Porcupine Carib...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of wildlife management 1992-07, Vol.56 (3), p.465-473
Hauptverfasser: Walsh, Noreen E., Fancy, Steven G., McCabe, Thomas R., Pank, Larry F.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal behavior
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Animals
Autoecology
Biological and medical sciences
Caribous
Coastal plains
Coasts
Culicidae
Foothills
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Habitat preferences
Habitat utilization
Harassment
Insects
Mammalia
Rangifer tarandus
Scrub vegetation
Vegetation
Vertebrata
Wildlife
Wildlife habitats
Wildlife refuges
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Zusammenfassung:Harassment of female caribou (Rangifer tarandus) by insects may negatively affect the cows' energy balance during the critical post-calving and lactation period, and certain habitats may provide relief from such harassment. Consequently, we tracked adult, female caribou from the Porcupine Caribou Herd (PCH) by satellite between 25 June and 31 July 1985-89 to determine their habitat preferences during periods of predicted harassment by insects, primarily mosquitoes (Culicidae). When insect harassment was predicted (ambient temperatures ≥13 C and winds
ISSN:0022-541X
1937-2817
DOI:10.2307/3808860