Benefits of migration in relation to nutritional condition and predation risk in a partially migratory moose population

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-237

  White, Kevin S ^a   Barten, Neil L ^a   Crouse, Stacy ^a   Crouse, John ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Forage maturation; Moose; Nutrition; Predation risk; Ungulate migration

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEER; FITNESS; GROWING SEASON; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATURATION; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUTRITION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; REFUGIUM; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEAR; BODY COMPOSITION; DEER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; DEER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; URSIDAE;

EID: 84893326795     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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