Birth-site selection by Alaskan moose: Maternal strategies for coping with a risky environment

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1070-1083

  Bowyer, R Terry ^a   Van Ballenberghe, Victor ^b   Kie, John G ^b   Maier, Julie A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaskan moose; Alces alces; Birth site selection; Interior Alaska; Maternal strategies; Risk of predation; Risk averse foraging; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; SALIX;

EID: 0001157532     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383161     Document Type: Article

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