HABITAT USE IN A RUPICAPRA-PYRENAICA PYRENAICA FOREST POPULATION

The common pattern of habitat use by the genus Rupicapra shows a cycli cal altitudinal migration related to the occupation of supraforestal p astures from May/June until the first snowfall, and of the forest belt during the winter. In the study area, when livestock are present in t he subalpine grasslands, the existence of scattered meadows in the mou ntain pine woodland allows chamois to spend the summer mainly in the f orest at lower altitudes than other Pyrenean populations.