OBSERVATIONS OF PRE- AND POST-PARTUM BEHAVIOUR OF MOOSE IN CENTRAL ONTARIO

• Main Authors: Addison, E. M., McLaughlin, R. F., Fraser, D. J. H., Buss, M. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lakehead University 1993
• Subjects: Many Islands; Alces alces
• Online Access: http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/975

During May, 1981-1984, observations of female moose (Alces alces americana) with neonates were recorded on 55 occasions. Presence of parturient but no non-parturient adult moose on islands is consistent with moose selecting islands for calving. Alternative explanations for this distribution are disc...