Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Calving site selection and fidelity in a restored elk (Cervus elaphus) herd in Bancroft</p><p>Ontario, Canada.</p><p>Michael R. Allan</p><p>Parturition site selection by ungulates is believed to be influenced by forage abundance and concealment from predators. In 2011 and 2012, I used vaginal implant transmitters and… more Full Text: CALVING SITE SELECTION AND FIDELITY IN A RESTORED ELK (Cervus elaphus) HERD IN BANCROFT, ONTARIO, CANADA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty …