CHAPTER SIX. GENERAL POPULATION STATUS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. FOREWORD v
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii
4. CONTENTS ix
5. CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION 1
6. CHAPTER TWO. TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION 5
7. CHAPTER THREE. PALAEONTOLOGICAL HISTORY 11
8. CHAPTER FOUR. POST-GLACIAL DISPERSAL IN NORTH AMERICA 14
9. CHAPTER FIVE. MOOSE IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA 19
10. CHAPTER SIX. GENERAL POPULATION STATUS 22
11. CHAPTER SEVEN. DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF MOOSE IN ONTARIO 45
12. CHAPTER EIGHT. RATE OF REPRODUCTION 55
13. CHAPTER NINE. GENERAL LIFE HISTORY 62
14. CHAPTER TEN. GENERAL BEHAVIOUR AND ACTIVITIES 101
15. CHAPTER ELEVEN. FOOD HABITS 114
16. CHAPTER TWELVE. ANNOTATED LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL MOOSE FOOD PLANTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA 129
17. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. FOOD PLANTS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA 145
18. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. HABIT AT STUDIES 153
19. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ANIMALS 165
20. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. DISEASES, PARASITES, AND INSECT PESTS 181
21. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. ACCIDENTS 193
22. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. POPULATION STUDIES 196
23. CHAPTER NINETEEN. MANAGEMENT 214
24. APPENDIX A. A STUDY OF MANDIBULAR TOOTH-WEAR AS AN INDEX TO AGE OF MOOSE 223
25. APPENDIX B. STUDIES OF MOOSE ANTLER DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO AGE 241
26. LITERATURE CITED 249
27. INDEX 269