Spatio-Temporal Constraints on Moose Habitat and Carrying Capacity in Coastal Alaska: Vegetation Succession and Climate

• Main Authors: Stephenson, Thomas R., Ballenbergbe, Visctor Van, Peek, James M., MacGracken, James G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Rangeland Ecology & Management / Journal of Range Management Archives 2006
• Subjects: Carr; Alces alces; glacier; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/jrm/article/view/19202

We used a geographic information system and a Markov chain analysis to model vegetation succession on the Copper River Delta, Alaska, relative to moose (Alces alces) habitat availability and nutritional carrying capacity. Between 1959 and 1986 vegetation predominantly shifted from pioneer to later s...