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Walker, Andrew B. D.

Baseline information on Stone's sheep (Ovis dalli stonei ) and their habitat is needed because of increased industrial development and recreational activity in the mountains of northern British Columbia. To provide a foundation from which to gauge and mitigate issues relating to access and disturbance, I used global positioning system (GPS) radiotelemetry data acquired from 33 female Stone's sheep in the Besa and Prophet river drainages to develop resource selection functions (RSF) and to define areas important to Stone's sheep. Attributes of topography (slope, aspect, elevation, curvature), vegetation (vegetation type, vegetation quality) and risk of predation from grizzly bears ( Ursus arctos ) and wolves (Canis...
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Baseline information on Stone's sheep (Ovis dalli stonei ) and their habitat is needed because of increased industrial development and recreational activity in the mountains of northern British Columbia. To provide a foundation from which to gauge and mitigate issues relating to access and disturbance, I used global positioning system (GPS) radiotelemetry data acquired from 33 female Stone's sheep in the Besa and Prophet river drainages to develop resource selection functions (RSF) and to define areas important to Stone's sheep. Attributes of topography (slope, aspect, elevation, curvature), vegetation (vegetation type, vegetation quality) and risk of predation from grizzly bears ( Ursus arctos ) and wolves (Canis...
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