MOOSE POPULATION DYNAMICS DURING 20 YEARS OF DECLINING HARVEST IN BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Main Authors: Gerald Kuzyk, Ian Hatter, Shelley Marshall, Chris Procter, Becky Cadsand, Daniel Lirette, Heidi Schindler, Michael Bridger, Patrick Stent, Andrew Walker, Michael Klaczek
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 2018
• Subjects: Alces alces; bull:cow ratio; calf survival; cow survival; harvest; juvenile recruitment; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Ecology; QH540-549.5; British Columbia; Canada
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/7239cdbf6aa7471c9b23be5cd32260c0

Licenced harvest of moose (Alces alces) in British Columbia, Canada declined by approximately half over the 20-year period from 1996–2015. To better understand changes in moose populations coinciding with this period of declining harvest, we modelled population dynamics within 31 Game Management Zon...