Ranking Alaska moose nutrition: Signals to begin liberal antlerless harvests

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1494-1506

  Boertje, Rodney D ^a   Kellie, Kalin A ^a   Seaton, C Tom ^a   Keech, Mark A ^a   Young, Donald D ^a   Dale, Bruce W ^a   Adams, Layne G ^b   Aderman, Andrew R ^c  

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

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Togiak National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Body mass; Browse; Game Management Unit 20A; Harvest; Moose; Nutrition; Reproduction; Twinning

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BODY MASS; BROWSING; DEER; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARTURITION; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; TWINNING;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCES ALCES; ALCES ALCES GIGAS;

EID: 37149030553     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-159     Document Type: Article

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