Reproduction in moose at their southern range limit

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Joel S. Ruprecht, Kent R. Hersey, Konrad Hafen, Kevin L. Monteith, Nicholas J. DeCesare, Matthew J. Kauffman, Daniel R. MacNulty
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2016
• Subjects: Midwinter; Alces alces
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw099

Reproduction is a critical fitness component in large herbivores. Biogeographic models predict that populations occurring at the edges of the range may have compromised reproductive rates because of inferior habitat at range peripheries. When reproductive rates are chronically low, ungulate populati...