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- Title
Late-winter Habitat Use by the Fisher, Pekania pennanti (Erxleben, 1777), in the Boreal Plains Ecozone of Northwestern Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Authors
PROULX, GILBERT
- Abstract
Late-winter habitat use by the Fisher, Pekania pennanti (Erxleben, 1777) in northwestern Saskatchewan was assessed in February 2009, 2011, and 2012. A total of 78 Fisher tracks were recorded over 60 300 m of snowshoe surveys. Fisher tracks were significantly less frequent than expected in Tamarack (Larix lancina [Du Roi] K. Koch) stands with > 40% crown closure and mainly 0-10 m trees (P < 0.05) and in open areas. Fishers used other habitat types equal to availability, including muskeg and coniferous, mixed, and deciduous forest stands. Maintaining mosaics of forest stands of different serai stages interspersed with muskeg would meet the late-winter habitat needs of Fishers in the Boreal Plains Ecozone of northwestern Saskatchewan.
- Subjects
SASKATCHEWAN; BOREAL Plains Ecozone; FISHER (Mammal); ANIMAL ecology; TAMARACK; WINTER
- Publication
Canadian Field-Naturalist, 2014, Vol 128, Issue 3, p272
- ISSN
0008-3550
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22621/cfn.v128i3.1607