MOOSE IN LATVIA AND INTENSIVE GAME MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

Authors

  • Ruta V. Mikhyeva
  • Vitauts G. Gaross

Abstract

Historical population trends of moose in Latvia and current information on moose population size, sex and age ratios, annual increment rates, and mortality factors are presented. The authors review moose antler quality, interspecific competition, food habits, and discuss forest damage by moose. A management framework for regulating moose harvests in accordance with carrying capacity, under conditions of intensive forestry, is outlined.

Downloads

Published

2002-01-01

How to Cite

Mikhyeva, R. V., & Gaross, V. G. (2002). MOOSE IN LATVIA AND INTENSIVE GAME MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. Alces, 85–88. Retrieved from https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/1851

Issue

Alces Supplement 2 (2002)

Section

Articles

License

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.