MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING
Ecosystem management takes into account all components of ecosystems, including people. In this context, an improved knowledge of moose (Alces alces) hunters' preferences and perceptions is a prerequisite to the implementation of ecosystem management in the boreal forest. In Québec, they are on...
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ftjalces:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/535 2023-05-15T13:13:24+02:00 MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING Courtois, Réhaume Ouellet, Jean-Pierre Bugnet, Anne 2001-01-01 application/pdf http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535 eng eng Lakehead University http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535/617 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535 Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 37 No. 1 (2001): Alces Vol. 37 No. 1 (2001); 19-33 2293-6629 0835-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2001 ftjalces 2022-02-12T19:35:49Z Ecosystem management takes into account all components of ecosystems, including people. In this context, an improved knowledge of moose (Alces alces) hunters' preferences and perceptions is a prerequisite to the implementation of ecosystem management in the boreal forest. In Québec, they are one of the most important and one of the most influential groups of outdoor recreationists. In an area subject to intensive forest harvesting in Northwestern Québec, >90% of hunters interviewed (n = 188) identified camaraderie, presence of a natural environment, and high moose density as the most important criteria in determining the location of hunting areas. Over 60% of hunters though that forest harvesting systems used within their hunting areas were inappropriate. Hunters wanted restrictions on size of cutovers, increased proportion of residual forest, adaptation of cutovers into landscape features, reduction in woody debris, and increased width of forested buffer strips along lakes, watercourses, and around hunting camps. Few differences were noted between hunters with or without cuts within their hunting areas or between hunters in vehicles and those who hunted from camps, suggesting that hunters' perceptions were also influenced by sociological parameters external to the hunting experience. Satisfaction with respect to the hunting experience depended upon the number of moose seen and killed, age of hunters, and presence of cuts within the hunting areas. These results are interpreted in the context of forest ecosystem management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Alces (A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose) |
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Ecosystem management takes into account all components of ecosystems, including people. In this context, an improved knowledge of moose (Alces alces) hunters' preferences and perceptions is a prerequisite to the implementation of ecosystem management in the boreal forest. In Québec, they are one of the most important and one of the most influential groups of outdoor recreationists. In an area subject to intensive forest harvesting in Northwestern Québec, >90% of hunters interviewed (n = 188) identified camaraderie, presence of a natural environment, and high moose density as the most important criteria in determining the location of hunting areas. Over 60% of hunters though that forest harvesting systems used within their hunting areas were inappropriate. Hunters wanted restrictions on size of cutovers, increased proportion of residual forest, adaptation of cutovers into landscape features, reduction in woody debris, and increased width of forested buffer strips along lakes, watercourses, and around hunting camps. Few differences were noted between hunters with or without cuts within their hunting areas or between hunters in vehicles and those who hunted from camps, suggesting that hunters' perceptions were also influenced by sociological parameters external to the hunting experience. Satisfaction with respect to the hunting experience depended upon the number of moose seen and killed, age of hunters, and presence of cuts within the hunting areas. These results are interpreted in the context of forest ecosystem management. |
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Courtois, Réhaume Ouellet, Jean-Pierre Bugnet, Anne MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
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Courtois, Réhaume Ouellet, Jean-Pierre Bugnet, Anne |
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Courtois, Réhaume |
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MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
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MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
title_full |
MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
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MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
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MOOSE HUNTERS' PERCEPTIONS OF FOREST HARVESTING |
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moose hunters' perceptions of forest harvesting |
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Lakehead University |
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2001 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535 |
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Alces alces |
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Alces alces |
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Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 37 No. 1 (2001): Alces Vol. 37 No. 1 (2001); 19-33 2293-6629 0835-5851 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535/617 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/535 |
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