Moose (Alces alces) behavioural and population ecology in the Revelstoke Valley, British Columbia ...

• Main Author: Hessami, Mateen A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2022
• Subjects: Alces alces
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0415872; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0415872

We tested the hypothesis that: (1) moose reduction and stabilization harvest regimes implemented in the Revelstoke Valley, British Columbia, from 2003-2019 provided a greater cumulative number of moose harvested for people than if the status quo of mostly adult male moose harvesting regimes had persisted amidst background rates of moose habitat decline. Our first hypothesis included two more specific predictions and simulations: (1.2) changes in forest harvesting practices have led to a decrease in optimal seral habitat conditions, thereby reducing carrying capacity (K) for moose: (1.3) moose juvenile recruitment ratios increased amidst moose reduction and stabilization regimes that resulted in increases to per capita resource availability for moose, e.g., a density dependent response. To test these predictions, we first used resource selection functions (RSF) from mostly adult female moose GPS location data (46 individuals) collected between 2004-2019, environmental and anthropogenic data variables, and ...