Habitat Use by Boreal Mammals in Response to Salvage Logging After an Insect Outbreak

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dc.contributor.advisorReid, Mary L.
dc.contributor.advisorBarclay, Robert Malcolm Ruthven
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Julie
dc.contributor.committeememberGalpern, Paul
dc.contributor.committeememberHarder, Lawrence D.
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-26T14:13:26Z
dc.date.available2018-06-26T14:13:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-20
dc.description.abstractPost-disturbance logging (i.e., salvage logging) is controversial, as it may disrupt forest succession and alter wildlife habitat. I examined habitat use by moose (Alces americanus), snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus), lynx (Lynx canadensis), coyotes (Canis latrans), and little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) in response to salvage logging after a bark beetle outbreak in Yukon, Canada. I monitored species occupancy in beetle-affected forests and salvage-logged stands of different tree retention levels and ages using wildlife cameras and bat detectors. Moose occupancy was highest in low-retention-logged stands with low cover and abundant shrubs. Snowshoe hares occupied stands with dense canopies and avoided logged stands (regardless of retention or age); lynx and coyote used similar habitat to hares. Logging had no significant effect on little brown bats, although bats avoided densely-treed stands. Diverse forest management strategies may benefit the most species, including salvage logging with variable retention and maintaining patches of beetle-affected forest.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThomas, J. (2018). Habitat Use by Boreal Mammals in Response to Salvage Logging After an Insect Outbreak (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32008en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106782
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.facultyScience
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.classificationEcologyen_US
dc.titleHabitat Use by Boreal Mammals in Response to Salvage Logging After an Insect Outbreak
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineBiological Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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