Alces articles from January 2001

Alces archives from January 2001

Foreword.
January 1, 2001... The 36th North American Moose Conference and Workshop was hosted in Whitehorse Yukon, June 4-9, 2000. Over 80 delegates from across North America, Norway, Finland, and Sweden attended the meetings. In recent years, many jurisdictions...

Journal news.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... With this issue of Alces we bid a fond farewell to 2 of our most knowledgeable and experienced moose biologists, editors, and dearest friends--Pat Karns and Warren Ballard. They have been associated with Alces and the North American Moose Group...

In memoriam: Eric Wynn Cox: 1969-1999.(Obituary)
January 1, 2001... Eric Wynn Cox, a graduate student at the University of Idaho, and Grant Coyour, a pilot with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, died in an airplane crash on June 11, 1999. B0th men were on a routine monitoring flight to count moose...

Summer food habits of gray wolves in the boreal forest of the Lac Jacques-Cartier highlands, Quebec.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: As part of a larger study on the ecology of gray wolves (Canis lupus) of the Lac Jacques-Cartier highlands, Quebec, the 1996-1997 summer diet of two wolf packs was determined by examining undigested remains in 1,621 scats (Malbaie...

Accuracy in moose mandible size versus tooth wear assessments.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Accuracy checks of tooth wear assessments and size measurements were undertaken for mandibles submitted by moose hunters in Newfoundland. Tooth wear class, a subjective assessment often used in age interpretation, was inconsistent in...

Moose hunters' perceptions of forest harvesting.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Ecosystem management takes into account all components of ecosystems, including people. In this context, an improved knowledge of moose (Alces alces) hunters' preferences and perceptions is a prerequisite to the implementation of...

Moose husbandry at the Columbus Zoo: the nutrition aspect.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: The Columbus Zoo in Columbus Ohio, USA is the most southern facility to exhibit moose (Alces alces). This paper is a review of our management practices through the years. A total of 10 orphaned calves have since been received. Four...

Modeling moose sightability in south-central British Columbia.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: We developed a model to correct sightability bias in aerial surveys of moose in the southern interior of British Columbia. Sightability trials were conducted by searching sample blocks where radio-collared moose were known to occur....

Local community based moose management plans in Norway.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Since the 1940s, moose populations in parts of Norway have increased rapidly. This had led, by the 1990s, to increases in traffic accidents, damage negatively impacting the agricultural and forest industries, and reductions in growth...

Reduced cost of reproduction in moose Alces alces through human harvest.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: In life history theory there is a cost related with all resource allocation. For female moose (Alces alces), the cost of reproduction in terms of survival may be reduced for females if calves, or cows without calves, are selectively...

An assessment of catch per unit effort to estimate rate of change in deer and moose populations.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Catch per unit effort (CPUE), or kills per hunter day, are often available for harvested species, and may be used to estimate population size or the finite rate of population change ([lambda]). An assessment of the relationship...

Changes in the relationship between palmate and cervine antlers in moose (Alces alces) in southeastern Norway.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Moose (Alces alces) have evolved 2 antler morphs; palmate and cervine. Using data from 1,186 antlers collected from moose harvested in southeastern Norway during 1950-1997, I tested the widely held hypothesis that the cervine morph...

Forest owners as moose hunters in Finland.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: A survey was sent to 2,514 Finnish hunters in 1997 to compare the opinions of forest owners and other moose hunters, as well as to examine a number of features connected with moose hunting activities. Forest owners comprised 46% of...

The economic value of moose in Norway--a review.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: In Norway, the landowners' income from forestry and farming has decreased, mainly due to changes in international trade and trade conventions, and they are looking for new sources of income. In Norway, as opposed to Canada and USA,...

Sexual segregation in moose: effects of habitat manipulation.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: We studied effects of mechanical crushing on abundance of forage and quality of feltleaf willow (Salix alaxensis) in winter, 3 years following habitat manipulation in interior Alaska, USA. We also examined differences in snow depth...

Peculiarities of daily milk productivity of Pechora taiga domesticated cow moose and their interconnection with reproductive function.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Investigations of 17 postpartum lactation periods of 5 domesticated female moose (Alces alces) were made over a 4-year period at the Pechoro-Ilych Nature Reserve in the Komi Republic. Duration of domesticated cow moose lactation...

Effects of simulated elk grazing and trampling (I): intensity.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Vegetative impacts caused by Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) grazing and trampling have been a growing concern for natural resource managers. The threat to archeological resources and naturally functioning ecosystems as a...

Effects of simulated elk grazing and trampling (II): frequency.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: The increase in western North American elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni) populations is a concern to resource managers. In summer 1998, Bandelier National Monument erected a series of ungulate exclosures and paired reference areas to...

Co-management--the Manitoba experience.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Manitoba Conservation (formerly Manitoba Department of Natural Resources) has been involved in co-management programs involving First Nation communities as well as other organizations for some time. Those with the former attract the...

Genetic variation of microsatellite DNA in moose in Quebec.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: We assessed genetic variation at 5 microsatellite DNA loci in 57 moose (Alces alces) from 3 populations in Quebec. The 5 loci are linked to functional genes (opiod binding and cell adhesion molecule, corticotrophin releasing factor,...

Reproductive life history and fertility of moose in North Asia.(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: We studied reproduction and fertility of moose (Alces alces) in North Asia from 1976 to 1990. Aerial moose surveys were conducted to determine moose population demographics, breeding seasons, breeding group composition, habitat use,...

Vitamin E, selenium, and reproductive losses in Alaskan moose.
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: A severe vitamin E deficiency was observed in a captive moose (Alces alces) population that was maintained on a pelleted ration during 9 months per year. During 1998 only 10 of 17 calves identified in utero using ultrasonography at...

Effects of animal activity on GPS telemetry location attempts.(global positioning system)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: Interpretation of habitat use from GPS collar locations could be biased if the activity of animals wearing GPS collars affects the probability of obtaining a successful location. We tested for this bias with GPS location attempts made...

Incisor arcades of Alaskan moose: is dimorphism related to sexual segregation?
January 1, 2001... ABSTRACT: We tested whether incisor arcades of Alaskan moose (Alces alces gigas) differed between males and females of known age to examine how allometric differences in jaw architecture might relate to sexual segregation. Lower jaws were...

Extreme moose demographics in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland (Alces 36: 217-232, 2000).(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2001... ERRATUM: In Table 5 of the above paper (p. 228 of Vol. 36), incorrect entries occurred for the moose population estimates of hunted areas adjacent to Gros Morne National Park. Accordingly, harvest estimates were proportionally incorrect. Please...

Distinguished Moose Biologist--award criteria.
January 1, 2001... An award was established by the North American Moose Conference and Workshop in 1981 to honor, and bring to the public's attention, the outstanding contribution of a particular individual, individuals and/or organizations to moose management....

Gerry M. Lynch: Distinguished Moose Biologist--2000 recipient.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In 2000, the Distinguished Moose Biologist Award was presented to Gerry Lynch for his career contributions as a moose manager and researcher with the Government of Alberta. Gerry received his B.Sc. from the University of Wisconsin at...

Distinguished Moose Biologist--past recipients.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... DISTINGUISHED MOOSE BIOLOGIST - PAST RECIPIENTS 2000 Gerry M. Lynch, Alberta Environmental Protection, Edmonton, Alberta. 1999 William J. Peterson, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, ...

Order of Alces--2000.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... In recognition of much appreciated service related to organizing the annual meeting, a special certificate, entitled the ORDER OF ALCES, was first presented at the 22nd North American Moose Conference and Workshop. The year 2000 recipients...

Second Tony Bubenik Memorial Award.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The recipient of the second Tony Bubenik Memorial Award was selected from 6 candidates (younger than 35 yrs) presenting a lecture or a poster at the 36th North American Moose Conference and Workshop, held on June 5-10, 2000 in Whitehorse,...

Previous meeting sites of the North American Moose Conference and Workshop.
January 1, 2001... PREVIOUS MEETING SITES OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MOOSE CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP 1963 - St. Paul, Minnesota 1964 - St. Paul, Minnesota 1966 - Winnipeg, Manitoba 1967 - Edmonton, Alberta 1968 - Kenai, Alaska 1970 -...

Conference delegates.
January 1, 2001... Delegates attending the 36th North American Moose Conference and Workshop, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, June 4-9, 2000; Jan Adamczewski Yukon Department of Renewable Resources Box 194 Watson Lake, Yukon Canada Y0A 1C0 Jim Allen...