Activity of Moose during Spring and Summer in Interior Alaska
Van Ballenberghe V and Miquelle DG. 1990. Activity of Moose during Spring and Summer in Interior Alaska. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 54(3):391-396
We studied activity of moose (Alces alces) during May-August in Denali National Park, Alaska, during 1980-83 and 1985. Mean active time per day peaked at 12.8 hours in early June and declined to about 9 hours in late summer. Moose averaged 8.2 activity bouts per day. Resting bouts averaged 97 minutes compared to 73 minutes for activity bouts. Moose spent a mean of 48.4% of resting bouts ruminating and 74.1% of activity bouts feeding. Comparisons with winter activity data indicated that during summer, moose increased the number of activity bouts per day and decreased the duration of resting bouts; duration of activity bouts fluctuated with plant phenology. The annual maximum of daily active time in early June was 2.2 times the annual minimum in late March. Feeding and ruminating were dominant activities during both seasons.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Van Ballenberghe, Victor; Miquelle, Dale
- Units
- DENA
- Keywords
- Alces alces, Behavior, Denali National Park And Preserve, Moose (Alces alces), Mount Mckinley National Park, Mt. McKinley National Park, Radiotelemetry, Terrestrial Mammals