Quantifying effects of snow depth on caribou winter range selection and movement in Arctic Alaska
Abstract Background Caribou and reindeer across the Arctic spend more than two thirds of their lives moving in snow. Yet snow-specific mechanisms driving their winter ecology and potentially influencing herd health and movement patterns are not well known. Integrative research coupling snow and wild...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Movement Ecology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-021-00276-4 |