Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska
Activity patterns of free-ranging moose (Alces alces gigas) on the central Seward Peninsula were polyphasic but not highly synchronized among individuals from March through May 1987. Female–calf pairs, however, showed nearly identical activity patterns (92.6% of 2353 five-minute scans). Based on dat...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z92-044 2023-12-17T10:18:01+01:00 Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska Gillingham, Michael P. Klein, David R. 1992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z92-044 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z92-044 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 70, issue 2, page 293-299 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1992 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z92-044 2023-11-19T13:39:04Z Activity patterns of free-ranging moose (Alces alces gigas) on the central Seward Peninsula were polyphasic but not highly synchronized among individuals from March through May 1987. Female–calf pairs, however, showed nearly identical activity patterns (92.6% of 2353 five-minute scans). Based on data collected between 06:00 and 24:00, we estimate that moose exhibit ~5 or 6 active bouts per 24-h period. Our direct observations of moose (980 moose-h) showed that moose were active 57.2% of the time from 06:00 to 24:00. Inactive bouts lasted ~2.5 times longer than active bouts. Calves tended to lie for longer [Formula: see text] than adult females (143.1 ± 15.5 min) or males (109.0 ± 17.9 min). Time budgets for moose in late winter were intermediate between values reported in previous studies for moose in midwinter and late spring. Our data showed that moose spend much more time walking (8%) than previously reported. We think this reflects their use of the snow-packed river and gravel bars as movement and feeding corridors. Direct observations of moose showed that many active and inactive bouts were less than 10 min in duration; these bouts are not detected by most telemetric systems. We also present evidence that without predation in winter, ambient conditions (e.g., operative temperature) may cause synchrony in the activity patterns of individual moose in northwestern Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Seward Peninsula Alaska Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Midwinter ENVELOPE(139.931,139.931,-66.690,-66.690) Canadian Journal of Zoology 70 2 293 299 |
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Activity patterns of free-ranging moose (Alces alces gigas) on the central Seward Peninsula were polyphasic but not highly synchronized among individuals from March through May 1987. Female–calf pairs, however, showed nearly identical activity patterns (92.6% of 2353 five-minute scans). Based on data collected between 06:00 and 24:00, we estimate that moose exhibit ~5 or 6 active bouts per 24-h period. Our direct observations of moose (980 moose-h) showed that moose were active 57.2% of the time from 06:00 to 24:00. Inactive bouts lasted ~2.5 times longer than active bouts. Calves tended to lie for longer [Formula: see text] than adult females (143.1 ± 15.5 min) or males (109.0 ± 17.9 min). Time budgets for moose in late winter were intermediate between values reported in previous studies for moose in midwinter and late spring. Our data showed that moose spend much more time walking (8%) than previously reported. We think this reflects their use of the snow-packed river and gravel bars as movement and feeding corridors. Direct observations of moose showed that many active and inactive bouts were less than 10 min in duration; these bouts are not detected by most telemetric systems. We also present evidence that without predation in winter, ambient conditions (e.g., operative temperature) may cause synchrony in the activity patterns of individual moose in northwestern Alaska. |
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Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska |
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Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska |
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Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska |
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Late-winter activity patterns of moose ( Alces alces gigas ) in western Alaska |
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late-winter activity patterns of moose ( alces alces gigas ) in western alaska |
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