Distribution and density of moose in relation to landscape characteristics: Effects of scale

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2233-2243

  Maier, Julie A K ^a   Ver Hoef, Jay M ^b,e   McGuire, A David ^a   Bowyer, R Terry ^a,f   Saperstein, Lisa ^c   Maier, Hilmar A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^d AlaskaGIS   (United States)

^e National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^f Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRES; POPULATION STATISTICS; VEGETATION;

MOOSE; MOOSE DENSITY; NONVEGETATED AREAS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UNGULATE;

FIRES; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES;

EID: 29844438618     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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