@article{Gogan_Kozir_Olexa_Duncan_1997, title={ECOLOGICAL STATUS OF MOOSE AND WHITE-TAILED DEER AT VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK, MINNESOTA}, volume={33}, url={https://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/823}, abstractNote={<p>We examined the status and recent trends in numbers and distribution of moose and white-tailed deer along with the prevalence of meningeal worm in both species at Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. Aerial counts indicated deer occurred at a winter density of 8.37/km<sup>2</sup> throughout the park in 1992 while moose occurred at a density of 0.23/km<sup>2</sup> with a more limited distribution. Meningeal worm larvae occurred in 80% of the deer pellet groups examined in 1978 and 76% of the pellet groups examined in 1988 and 1989. Adult meningeal worms were found in 80% of the deer heads examined. A single dorsal-spined larva was recovered from 1 of 22 moose fecal samples. We conclude that white-tailed deer and moose have occured sympatrically and VNP through at least the 1980s. There is no direct evidence that meningeal worm is a mortality factor in adult moose at the park.</p>}, journal={Alces: A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moose}, author={Gogan, Peter J.P. and Kozir, Karin D. and Olexa, Edward M. and Duncan, Nancy S.}, year={1997}, month={Jan.}, pages={187–201} }