Moose (Alces alces) are widely distributed across much of the boreal forests of North America, Europe and Asia. Their presence is limited in the far north by a lack of thermal cover and woody food plants, and in the south by temperatures that exceed 27°C for lengthy periods and the absence of refugia such as lakes and rivers.
ABS1RACf: Moose (Alces alces) exploit the boreal forest where food resources have high nutritive value during brief summers, and low quality and availability during long winters. To accommodate to this fluctuating environment, moose store large quantities of fat during summer and fall which helps to offset their winter energy deficit.
A summary analysis of these data indicates that moose have both expanded and contracted along their southern range boundary in recent decades - including the Prairie Provinces and states, and a portion of the northeastern United States.
relative index of moose habitat quality on a scale of 0 – 3. A stand scoring less than 1 would be indicative of poor quality moose habitat. A stand scoring between 1 and 2 would constitute marginal moose habitat and a stand with a score of >2 would be considered good moose habitat. The scores can be viewed as thresholds for management action.
Lying in wait: Limiting factors on a low-density ungulate …
Nov 1, 2017 · Female moose in the southern section of our study area, where there is more extensive high-quality moose habitat, produced 50% more calves (1.00 calves/female) than females in the northern section (0.66 calves/female).
Habitat quality mediates demographic response to climate in a …
Feb 1, 2022 · In this study, we investigate the impacts of climatic stressors on moose demographics and identify the capacity of habitat quality to mediate climate effects. We focused on two population responses, moose density and mid-winter recruitment of calves, across 36 years and 50 wildlife management units (WMUs) in Ontario, Canada that captured large ...
DEMOGRAPHY AND SUSTAINABLE HARVEST RATES OF LOW-DENSITY MOOSE …
Apr 3, 2023 · Numerous moose (Alces alces) populations throughout Alaska, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories occur at low-density, a condition that often persists for decades and is referred to as a low-density equilibrium (LDE).
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND NUTRITIONAL ADAPTATIONS OF MOOSE …
Jan 1, 1992 · Moose (Alces alces) exploit the boreal forest where food resources have high nutritive value during brief summers, and low quality and availability during long winters. To accommodate to this fluctuating environment, moose store large quantities of fat during summer and fall which helps to offset their winter energy deficit.
Moose and birch: How to live on low-quality diets - PubMed
Ten years ago, the question of forage use by moose largely focused on whether nutritive factors or secondary compounds determined their use of individual tree species. Today, it is clear that both are important.
Integrating omics to characterize eco‐physiological adaptations: …
Mar 4, 2021 · This redirects back to the observations that moose being large and bulk feeders may be able to survive on abundant, relatively low quality, forage (pine being the most abundant browse species in Fennoscandia) instead of depending on high‐quality forage, especially in lean winter months (Felton et al., 2020; Månsson et al., 2007; Pfeffer et ...
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