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11 8<br />

Annexe 1 Description <strong>de</strong>s micro habitats - chapitre 4<br />

Categori es used when <strong>de</strong>scribing microhabitats where we p<strong>la</strong>ced North American porcupine<br />

mounts in Parc National <strong>du</strong> Bic, Québec, December to March, 2004-2005. We visually<br />

estimated the veg<strong>et</strong>ative cover present w ithin 1 m of the mount to c<strong>la</strong>ssify microhabitats as<br />

open or covered.<br />

"Den": mount p<strong>la</strong>ced in a rock <strong>de</strong>n usuall y frequented by porcupines: J to 3 m from the<br />

entrance, <strong>de</strong>pending on <strong>de</strong>n structure,<br />

" Ground open": mount p<strong>la</strong>ced on the ground, 25% of veg<strong>et</strong>ati ve cover,<br />

"Conifer open": mount p<strong>la</strong>ced 2 m above ground in a coni fe rous tree, 25% of veg<strong>et</strong>ati ve<br />

cover,<br />

"Deci<strong>du</strong>ous": mount p<strong>la</strong>ced 2 m above ground in a <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>du</strong>ous tree, veg<strong>et</strong>ati ve cover al ways<br />

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