USING ROAD-KILLS AS AN INDEX TO MOOSE POPULATION CHANGE
Wildlife managers consider moose (Alces alces) population size an important contributing factor to the number of moose-vehicle collisions (MVCs), but the value of MVCs as an index to moose numbers is not clear. I review past applications of wildlife-vehicle collisions as a population index and ident...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Lakehead University
1993
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| Online Access: | http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1021 |
| Summary: | Wildlife managers consider moose (Alces alces) population size an important contributing factor to the number of moose-vehicle collisions (MVCs), but the value of MVCs as an index to moose numbers is not clear. I review past applications of wildlife-vehicle collisions as a population index and identify the potential for using MVCs to indicate changes in moose population densities. |
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