Supplemental feeding of migratory moose Alces alces: Forest damage at two spatial scales

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-223

  Gundersen, Hege ^a   Andreassen, Harry P ^a   Storaas, Torstein ^a  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forest damage; Game vehicle accidents; Mitigative effort; Moose management; Picea abies; Pinus sylvestris; Seasonal migration; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ALCES ALCES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 4944255208     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.027     Document Type: Article

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