SEASONAL ACTIVITY PATTERNS OF MOOSE ON THE KENAI PENINSULA, ALASKA

• Main Authors: Bevins, John S., Schwartz, Charles C., Franzmann, Albert W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 1990
• Subjects: Alces alces; Alaska
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1137

We obtained monthly estimates of 24-hour activity patterns on moose (Alces alces) on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, during winter and summer. Activity levels of moose during winter overlapped between areas of high and low deciduous browse availability. Shorter resting periods occurred during summer months (x = 105 min), than during winter months (x = 171 min), resulting in increased activity levels from winter (x = 486 min) to summer (x = 622 mine). No consistent pattern was found in the difference in active period length between summer (x = 80 min) and winter (x = 81 min). estimates are useful for predicting total energy expenditure of moose. Large variations in activity levels among individual moose point out the importance of obtaining unbiased samples from populations.