THE STATUS AND MANAGEMENT OF MOOSE IN THE MURMANSK REGION, RUSSIA

• Main Authors: Makarova, Olga A, Khokhlov, Anatoly M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 2009
• Subjects: Alces alces; climate change; harvest; history; moose; Murmansk; population dynamics; population recovery; Barents Sea; Murmanskiy; Ponoy; Tundra
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/6

The moose population in the Murmansk region has changed considerably in the past century. Moose appeared in the forest-tundra zones in the 1950s, occupied the Ponoy River area in the 1960-1970s, and population growth occurred to the north of the forest zone along the tributaries and rivers flowing i...