Sexual segregation in moose Alces alces: an experimental manipulation of foraging behaviour

• Published in: Wildlife Biology
• Main Authors: Spaeth, Douglas F., Bowyer, R. Terry, Stephenson, Thomas R., Barboza, Perry S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Alces alces; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2981/wlb.2004.010; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.2981/wlb.2004.010; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.2981/wlb.2004.010

We studied Alaskan moose Alces alces gigas to test the hypothesis that sexual segregation among polygynous ruminants is the result of competitive exclusion of males by females. We first examined differences in foraging behaviour between sexes, and then tested whether foraging by females influenced s...