Requirements for maintenance and live weight gain of moose and wapiti calves during winter

• Published in: Rangifer
• Main Authors: Normand Cool, Robert J. Hudson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1996
• Subjects: winter energy requirements; metabolism; weight change; cervid; Alces alces; Cervus elaphus; Animal culture; SF1-1100; Parkland; Rangifer
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/2.16.1.1187; https://doaj.org/article/bb775ffa631f4b14800d19f037deb99c

Energy requirements of moose (Alces alces) and wapiti (Cervus elaphus) calves were compared from December to February to determine whether metabolic requirements were lower in a boreal-adapted than in a parkland-adapted wild cervid. Eight calves of each species were divided equally into groups given...