id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
alces-57	Xu, Cailin; Boyce, Mark	OPTIMAL HARVESTING OF MOOSE IN ALBERTA	2010	21	.pdf	application/pdf	10069	507	61	We developed a model for quota-harvest management of moose populations in Alberta that includes 1) stage and sex structure as typically monitored in the field, 2) estimation of carrying capacity and herd composition at carrying capacity from limited population survey and harvest data, 3) stage-structured density dependence following the general patterns documented in ungulate populations (Fowler 1987, Eberhardt 2002, Owen-Smith 2006), and 4) environmental stochasticity. We investigated optimal harvest strategies for moose populations in Alberta with the aim either to optimize the yield of bulls (i.e., the number of harvested males of yearling age and older; goal B) or alternatively to optimize total yield (i.e., the total number of harvested calves, females, and bulls; goal TY) within Wildlife Management Units (WMU).	cache/alces-57.pdf	txt/alces-57.txt