FECUNDITY AND SUMMER CALF SURVIVAL OF MOOSE DURING 3 SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF WINTER TICK EPIZOOTICS
Moose (Alces alces) populations in northern New Hampshire and western Maine experienced 3 successive years of high winter tick infestations (epizootics) in 2014–2016 that resulted in late-winter calf mortality rates >70%. To assess productivity in these populations, we measured fecundity rates of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Lakehead University
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Alces |
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| Online Access: | http://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/224/252 |