Moose
At the Preserve
Our collection:
| 1 | . | 2 | . | 1 |
| Male | Female | Young |
Our Habitat:
| 48.5 |
| Acres |
Photos from the Preserve:
Articles from the Preserve:
Resources
General Overviews
Moose in the Yukon from Department of Environment, Yukon Government.
This page has all the basics for moose in the Yukon, including Tracks, scat, range and more!
Moose Page from Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.
A well researched (and cited), more detailed overview of moose biology / life history. Not Yukon specific but a great starting place.
Yukon Specific Research
Yukon Winter Tick Monitoring – Moose
This is citizen science based project that is a collarboation between Environment Yukon and researchers at the University of Toronto. A goal to find out more about winter ticks (not just moose but on other ungulates also) and where they could be in future given the effects of climate change. The Preserve moose were a control (known to not have ticks) and trail camera were set up to show no infection. You can read more about the article by Emily Chenery here.
Moose a Relateively new species to the Yukon –
Read the story shared by Yukon News including interview with local paleontologist Grant Zazula on a recently published paper about the history of moose in Yukon.
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