Spatial Organization and Habitat Selection Patterns of Barren-Ground Grizzly Bears in the NWT and Nunavut, Final Report to the West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society (McLoughlin & Messier, November 1999)
This final report documents a satellite telemetry study of barren-ground grizzly bears in the Slave Geological Province (1995-1999), identifying three populations (North Slave, Bathurst Inlet, Kugluktuk), characterizing habitat selection patterns, home range sizes, seasonal movements, and denning ecology to inform mining development management decisions.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- University of Saskatchewan, Department of Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development (Government of the Northwest Territories), West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Minerals, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Federal Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Kugluktuk, Bathurst Inlet, North Slave, Lac De Gras, Hood River, Great Bear Lake, Aylmer Lake, Mackay Lake, Kent Peninsula, Contwoyto Lake
- Parameters
- barren-ground grizzly bear spatial organization, habitat selection patterns, population delineation, home range, movement patterns, denning habits, satellite telemetry, esker habitat, tundra vegetation, den characteristics, mining impacts, wildlife conservation
- Pages
- 113
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