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Carrying Capacity Of The Key Browse Species For Moose On The North Slopes Of The Uinta Mountains, Utah, David E. Wilson
Carrying Capacity Of The Key Browse Species For Moose On The North Slopes Of The Uinta Mountains, Utah, David E. Wilson
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The Shiras moose, Alces alces shirasi, and its winter habitat on the north slopes of the Uinta Mountains in Utah were studied from August, 1969, to July, 1971 to determine the food requirement for moose, the key browse species during the winter months, the acreage, density and utilization of the key browse species, and their carrying capacity for moose.
It was determined that an average adult moose had a daily food requirement of 19,133 kilocalories. The key browse species for moose were Salix drummondiana and S. geyeriana. These two species accounted for 92.0 and 4.7 percent respectively of …