Mating in moose: timing, behavior, and male access patterns
We observed mating wild moose (Alces alces) in a naturally regulated population in central Alaska during 1980–1991. The median date of observed copulations for all years was 2 October, with small shifts among years. Of 191 mounting sequences observed, all occurred between 24 September and 8 October....
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z93-236 2023-12-17T10:18:02+01:00 Mating in moose: timing, behavior, and male access patterns Ballenberghe, Victor Van Miquelle, Dale G. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z93-236 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z93-236 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 71, issue 8, page 1687-1690 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1993 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z93-236 2023-11-19T13:39:16Z We observed mating wild moose (Alces alces) in a naturally regulated population in central Alaska during 1980–1991. The median date of observed copulations for all years was 2 October, with small shifts among years. Of 191 mounting sequences observed, all occurred between 24 September and 8 October. Only 2% of copulations (n = 86) involved the mating of a female and two males. Large males performed 82% of all mountings and 88% of all copulations. One male copulated with at least 12 females during one mating season. Male and female behavioral patterns associated with mating were similar to those observed in other cervids and included tongue flicking, courtship croaking, genital smelling, chinning by males, and tree rubbing by females. Both sexes displayed little obvious postcopulation behavior. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Alaska Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Canadian Journal of Zoology 71 8 1687 1690 |
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We observed mating wild moose (Alces alces) in a naturally regulated population in central Alaska during 1980–1991. The median date of observed copulations for all years was 2 October, with small shifts among years. Of 191 mounting sequences observed, all occurred between 24 September and 8 October. Only 2% of copulations (n = 86) involved the mating of a female and two males. Large males performed 82% of all mountings and 88% of all copulations. One male copulated with at least 12 females during one mating season. Male and female behavioral patterns associated with mating were similar to those observed in other cervids and included tongue flicking, courtship croaking, genital smelling, chinning by males, and tree rubbing by females. Both sexes displayed little obvious postcopulation behavior. |
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Mating in moose: timing, behavior, and male access patterns |
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Mating in moose: timing, behavior, and male access patterns |
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