Once endangered but now estimated at one million, moose range in North America across a broad band of forest and glade, from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains, Alaska to Colorado. This abundantly illustrated volume explains moose biology and ecology and accesses the increasingly complex enterprise of managing the species. 33 color plates. 487 b&w photos. 236 line illustrations.
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From Library Journal
A scholarly yet very readable account of the North American moose, this fills a definite need; the last major work, Randolph L. Peterson's North American Moose (Univ. of Toronto), was first published in 1955. Edited by present and past directors of Alaska's Moose Research Center, this volume consists of chapters written by 21 moose and wildlife experts. There are authoritative chapters on moose populations, reproduction, behavior, relationships with other species, mortality, habitat, feeding, nutrition, diseases, husbandry, and hunting. This book should appeal to anyone interested in wildlife management in general and moose in particular. Even the casual reader can spend enjoyable hours browsing through the hundreds of interesting photographs and drawings. Certain to be the standard moose bible for years to come, it is recommended especially for academic libraries because of its scholarly and comprehensive treatment.?William H. Wiese, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
This massive book about the largest deer in the world is an impressive undertaking. Produced by the Washington-based Wildlife Management Institute, responsible in the past for excellent books on U.S. game species, the resulting volume is the most comprehensive ever published on moose. The editors' stated goals were that the book be readable and interesting, and they have succeeded with these expectations--it is fascinating. The opening chapter, "Of Moose and Man," alone holds one's interest so well that most people will end up reading instead of skimming this massive text. Other chapters cover moose evolution and taxonomy, behavior, reproduction and growth, predators, feeding, and hunting. The illustrations, 33 in color, are numerous and mostly excellent, consisting of photographs, drawings, historical paintings, graphs, and maps, all of which clarify the text as well as beautify it. The editors see the book as a "new and improved" informational base from which others can compare and contrast their work and have exceeded this understatement admirably. Although this work may be overkill for some libraries, for those with large natural history collections, it is highly recommended. Nancy Bent
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more info on moose than most people will ever dream of!,
This review is from: Ecology and Management of the North American Moose (Zoo and Aquarium Biology and Conservation Series) (Hardcover)
If you're a moose-aphile, then this is your book! Every aspect of the moose is covered and includes great pencil drawings and photos. While written for scientists, most of the book is still quite readable for the layperson. I haven't read most of the book, but I do thumb through it regularly, and I always read something else that I never knew about the moose!
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Amazing, informative, breathtaking, godsend, detailed, etc!,
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This review is from: Ecology and Management of the North American Moose (Zoo and Aquarium Biology and Conservation Series) (Hardcover)
I would like to take this oportunity to thank all of the people/scientists, biologists, volunteers, etc. who helped put this awesome book together. The information in this book is coming from hands-on time consuming experience. This book is truly a mooselover's bible. I hold the men and women who devote their lives to researching this beautiful animal in the hightest respects. I just hope someday I may be part of the group of people contributing their knowledge into a future book as great as this one. I would like to say a special hello and thank you to the people of the Moose Research Center (MRC) at Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. I hope to be offered the wonderful opportunity of being able to volunteer at MRC. Moose and this book combined have opened up whole new doors to life's avenues for me. Again, thank you for your time and efforts in bringing this great book to us. I love it
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All The Moose That's Fit To Print,
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This review is from: Ecology and Management of the North American Moose (Zoo and Aquarium Biology and Conservation Series) (Hardcover)
With apologies to the NY Times for this title, this is the book to have on all things moose. Everything is coverered in this comprehensive bible of the moose. From habits, descriptions, pictures, diagrams, and charts to a study of this fine creature's impact on our culture, this is the definative study of a subject that could not be any more worthy of an examination this extensive. The moose is really about all that is good in this world. Brave, handsome, strong, and yet loveable. What more could you want? Don't let the price scare you away reader. Be like the courageous moose and plunk down the 65 bills(plus shipping and handling) for something that will enrich your life time and again.
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