p1-8_4113.pdf ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 POOLE AND STUART-SMITH - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT 1 FINE-SCALE WINTER HABITAT SELECTION BY MOOSE IN INTERIOR MONTANE FORESTS Kim G. Poole1 and Kari Stuart-Smith2 1Aurora Wildlife Research, 2305 Annable Rd., Nelson, BC, Canada V1L 6K4, e-mail: kpoole@ aurorawildlife.com; 2Tembec Inc., British Columbia Division, P.O. Box 4600, Cranbrook, BC, Canada V1C 4J7, e-mail: Kari.Stuart-Smith@tembec.com - Alces alces Salix Cornus stolonifera Amelanchier alnifolia - - Key words: Alces alces - Alces alces - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT – POOLE AND STUART-SMITH ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 2 - - STUDY AREA 2 - - Pseudotsuga menziesii Larix occidentalis Pinus contorta Populus tremuloides Tsuga heterophylla Thuja plicata Populus balsamifera Betula papy- rifera Picea glauca ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 POOLE AND STUART-SMITH - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT - - P. engelmannii Abies lasiocarpa - - METHODS Fieldwork - - - - - - - - - - n MOOSE WINTER HABITAT – POOLE AND STUART-SMITH ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 4 Statistical Analyses - - n r - R2 P - RESULTS - Salix Cor- nus stolonifera Amelanchier alnifolia Betula Alnus Shepherdia canadensis 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 W ill ow sp p. R- O do gw oo d Sa sk at oo n Bi rc h As pe n Pi ne Su ba lp in e fir Al de r s pp . So op ol al lie O th er P ro p o rt io n o f to ta l (% ) Spillimacheen Upper Elk Flathead - n n n ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 POOLE AND STUART-SMITH - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT 5 r P - r P R2 2 P - R2 2 P - R2 2 P R2 2 P R2 2 P P 0.002 0.024 0.004 n n n P MOOSE WINTER HABITAT – POOLE AND STUART-SMITH ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 DISCUSSION - - - - - MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 POOLE AND STUART-SMITH - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT - - - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - - - - REFERENCES BALSOM, S., W. B. BALLARD, WHIT- LAW 140. BOYCE, M. S Cervus elaphus BRAUMANDL URRAN - BURNAM NDERSON. 2002. COADY, EON HUGGARD - - HUNDERTMARK BERHARDT R. E. BALL - ELSALL LANGLEY MACKIE AC AMLIN L. DUSEK - MOOSE WINTER HABITAT – POOLE AND STUART-SMITH ALCES VOL. 41, 2005 MATCHETT - MEIDINGER OJAR - - PEEK in PIERCE EEK - POOLE TUART-SMITH - RENECKER CHWARTZ in - - SAS INSTITUTE SCHWARTZ - in A.W. SWEANOR ANDEGREN TABACHNIK IDELL TELFER THOMPSON TEWART in - - UKELICH TYERS VAN DYKE - WELSH ORRISON SWALD, HOMAS - WESTWORTH, D., L. BRUSNYK, J. ROBERTS H. 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