Micro‐habitat selection by boreal woodland caribou improves access to food

Wildlife Biology 2026 Open access

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Authors: Ian D. Thompson, Philip A. Wiebe, Arthur R. Rodgers, Douglas E.B. Reid, James A. Baker, B.A. Patterson, Eric McNeill, Romain Dejeante, John M. Fryxell
DOI: 10.1002/wlb3.01503
Cited by: 1
References: 76

Abstract

Bio‐logging sensors attached to radiotelemetry receivers have great potential to transform our understanding of the ecological, physiological, and energetic constraints that shape patterns of wildlife movement under field conditions. We used video camera collars to assess microhabitat selectivity by woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus in boreal forests of Ontario, Canada. Our study areas provided a range of fine‐grain microhabitats within forest stands (>10 ha), drawn from an unlogged forest landscape and a partially commercially‐logged landscape. We classified ground‐truthed samples within each stand into their sub‐stand vegetation types at a scale of

Fields of Study & Subjects

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation Primate Behavior and Ecology

Publication details

Journal / source
Wildlife Biology
Publisher
Wiley
Volume
2026
Issue
5
Publication date
25 January 2026
Language
EN