Productivity, Survival, and Movements of Female Moose in a Low-density Population, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stenhouse, G.B., Latour, P.B., Kutny, L., MacLean, N., Glover, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Grazing; Moose; Radio tracking of animals; Wildlife management; Animal tracks; Mackenzie River region; N.W.T; Canada; Mackenzie River; Mackenzie Valley; Northwest Territories; Alces alces; Arctic; Mackenzie river; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64279

Moose (Alces alces andersoni) occur at low density (140-160 moose/1000 sq km) and are the most important game animal in much of the Mackenzie Valley, western Northwest Territories. Productivity and survival of 30 female moose (>=1.5 yr.) were studied from November 1985 through November 1988. Twen...