HISTORY AND STATUS OF MOOSE IN THE ROSTOV REGION, RUSSIA
ABSTRACT: Moose (Alces alces) disappeared from the Rostov region in the 19th century due to agri-cultural development, hunting, and deforestation. They reappeared in the second half of the 20th century due to broad conservation measures including intensive forest management, and by the 1970s numbere...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.687.8690 2023-05-15T13:12:48+02:00 HISTORY AND STATUS OF MOOSE IN THE ROSTOV REGION, RUSSIA Viktor A. Minoranskiy Viktor V. Sidelnikov Elena I. Simonovich The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.687.8690 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/viewFile/9/7/ en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.687.8690 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/viewFile/9/7/ Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/viewFile/9/7/ social text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T18:12:53Z ABSTRACT: Moose (Alces alces) disappeared from the Rostov region in the 19th century due to agri-cultural development, hunting, and deforestation. They reappeared in the second half of the 20th century due to broad conservation measures including intensive forest management, and by the 1970s numbered>1000 and were found throughout the region. Although hunting was regulated, the population became stagnant in the 1980s presumably from trophy hunting that skewed the sex and age structure, as well as measurable wolf (Canis lupus) predation. Political reform in the 1990s further caused population decline due to increased and less regulated hunting, increased poaching without punishment, reduced predator control, decline in forest management, and large forest fires. Currently the population is at a 50-year low and occupies 1/3 of its range in the 1980s. Moose are no longer considered a commercial species, rather a species of concern. ALCES VOL. 45: 21-24 (2009) Key words: Alces alces, management, moose, population dynamics, population recovery, predation Text Alces alces Canis lupus Unknown |
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ABSTRACT: Moose (Alces alces) disappeared from the Rostov region in the 19th century due to agri-cultural development, hunting, and deforestation. They reappeared in the second half of the 20th century due to broad conservation measures including intensive forest management, and by the 1970s numbered>1000 and were found throughout the region. Although hunting was regulated, the population became stagnant in the 1980s presumably from trophy hunting that skewed the sex and age structure, as well as measurable wolf (Canis lupus) predation. Political reform in the 1990s further caused population decline due to increased and less regulated hunting, increased poaching without punishment, reduced predator control, decline in forest management, and large forest fires. Currently the population is at a 50-year low and occupies 1/3 of its range in the 1980s. Moose are no longer considered a commercial species, rather a species of concern. ALCES VOL. 45: 21-24 (2009) Key words: Alces alces, management, moose, population dynamics, population recovery, predation |
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