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GPS collars were deployed on 89 female moose between 2018 and 2022 in the Cree traditional territory of Eeyou Istchee in northern Quebec, Canada. We compared space use and fidelity during a 7-day period following video- and movement-estimated parturition dates to equivalent period measures in late winter and summer. We also evaluated calving site selection comparing the use and availability of terrain, land cover, road density, and fire and forestry disturbance. Female space use during the 7-day post-calving period was confined to 0.04 km2, comparable to 7-day space use in winter, but smaller than 7-day space use in summer. Females observed calving across multiple seasons expressed low calving site fidelity, calving a median distance of 4.00 km from previously used sites, which was lower than summer range fidelity and similar to winter range fidelity. No differences were observed in calving site space use and fidelity between a southern forestry-affected area and a northern fire-affected area or with the extent of disturbance. Female moose exhibited individual variability in calving site selection, with overall preferences for elevated areas with mixed-wood or broadleaf forests and low road densities. Females were not observed calving in areas disturbed by forestry or fires within the last year, but some females preferentially selected 10- to 15-year-old burns as calving sites. Because female moose used and remained highly localized around dispersed, annually variable calving sites, protection of moose calving habitat should move beyond the specific sites where moose are observed calving to the general habitats preferentially used by moose during this critical life history stage.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani16111614","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,26]],"date-time":"2026-05-26T11:02:51Z","timestamp":1779793371000},"page":"1614","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Moose Space Use, Fidelity, and Selection of Calving Sites Within Forestry- and Fire-Disturbance Regimes of Northern Quebec, Canada"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3888-6412","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mikaela","family":"Borgeaud LeBlanc","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, 21111 Chem. 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