Female Moose Prioritize Forage Over Mortality Risk in Harvested Landscapes

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Francis, Alexandra L., Procter, Chris, Kuzyk, Gerald, Fisher, Jason T.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2020
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; British Columbia; Bonaparte; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21963; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21963; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.21963

ABSTRACT Since 2010, several moose ( Alces alces ) populations have declined across North America. These declines are believed to be broadly related to climate and landscape change. At the western reaches of moose continental range, in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, wildlife managers have...