HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY
From 1980 to 1984, 54,000 hunting days were spent and a total of 758 moose (Alces alces americana) were harvested within 5 experimental blocks ranging from 539 – 1,257 km2. Those blocks were located in central Québec between 45 – 150 km north of Trois-Rivières. A block of 544 km2 was added to monito...
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ftjalces:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/687 2023-05-15T13:13:13+02:00 HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY Goudreault, François Milette, Jean 1999-01-01 application/pdf http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687 eng eng Lakehead University http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687/769 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687 Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose; Vol. 35 (1999): Alces Vol. 35 (1999); 165-176 2293-6629 0835-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 1999 ftjalces 2022-02-12T19:35:52Z From 1980 to 1984, 54,000 hunting days were spent and a total of 758 moose (Alces alces americana) were harvested within 5 experimental blocks ranging from 539 – 1,257 km2. Those blocks were located in central Québec between 45 – 150 km north of Trois-Rivières. A block of 544 km2 was added to monitor a moose population in the absence of hunting. Hunting pressure was unequally distributed within the 5 blocks (0.7 – 6 hunting days/km2), whereas hunting effort (hunting days / capture) ranged from 21-115 during the same period. The relationship between finite rate of increase (λ) of moose populations, derived from aerial moose counts conducted at the beginning and at the end of the study, and hunting pressure, led us to observe that the moose population began to decrease when hunting pressure exceeded 2.8 hunting days/km2, but it increased at a rate of 21% without hunting pressure. A negative correlation also existed between hunting pressure and the mean age of moose harvested. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Alces (A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose) |
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From 1980 to 1984, 54,000 hunting days were spent and a total of 758 moose (Alces alces americana) were harvested within 5 experimental blocks ranging from 539 – 1,257 km2. Those blocks were located in central Québec between 45 – 150 km north of Trois-Rivières. A block of 544 km2 was added to monitor a moose population in the absence of hunting. Hunting pressure was unequally distributed within the 5 blocks (0.7 – 6 hunting days/km2), whereas hunting effort (hunting days / capture) ranged from 21-115 during the same period. The relationship between finite rate of increase (λ) of moose populations, derived from aerial moose counts conducted at the beginning and at the end of the study, and hunting pressure, led us to observe that the moose population began to decrease when hunting pressure exceeded 2.8 hunting days/km2, but it increased at a rate of 21% without hunting pressure. A negative correlation also existed between hunting pressure and the mean age of moose harvested. |
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Goudreault, François Milette, Jean HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
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Goudreault, François Milette, Jean |
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Goudreault, François |
title |
HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
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HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
title_full |
HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
title_fullStr |
HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
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HUNTING PRESSURE AND RATE OF INCREASE OF A MOOSE POPULATION AT A DENSITY BELOW CARRYING CAPACITY |
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hunting pressure and rate of increase of a moose population at a density below carrying capacity |
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Lakehead University |
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1999 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687 |
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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. 35 (1999): Alces Vol. 35 (1999); 165-176 2293-6629 0835-5851 |
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http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687/769 http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/687 |
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