North American Moose / / Randolph Peterson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Peterson, Randolph,
• MitwirkendeR: Cringan, A. T.,; Cringan, A.T.,; Passmore, R.C.,; Peterson, R.L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1955
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; FOREWORD --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; CHAPTER ONE. INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER TWO. TAXONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION --; CHAPTER THREE. PALAEONTOLOGICAL HISTORY --; CHAPTER FOUR. POST-GLACIAL DISPERSAL IN NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER FIVE. MOOSE IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER SIX. GENERAL POPULATION STATUS --; CHAPTER SEVEN. DISTRIBUTION AND STATUS OF MOOSE IN ONTARIO --; CHAPTER EIGHT. RATE OF REPRODUCTION --; CHAPTER NINE. GENERAL LIFE HISTORY --; CHAPTER TEN. GENERAL BEHAVIOUR AND ACTIVITIES --; CHAPTER ELEVEN. FOOD HABITS --; CHAPTER TWELVE. ANNOTATED LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL MOOSE FOOD PLANTS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER THIRTEEN. FOOD PLANTS OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA --; CHAPTER FOURTEEN. HABIT AT STUDIES --; CHAPTER FIFTEEN. RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER ANIMALS --; CHAPTER SIXTEEN. DISEASES, PARASITES, AND INSECT PESTS --; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. ACCIDENTS --; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. POPULATION STUDIES --; CHAPTER NINETEEN. MANAGEMENT --; APPENDIX A. A STUDY OF MANDIBULAR TOOTH-WEAR AS AN INDEX TO AGE OF MOOSE --; APPENDIX B. STUDIES OF MOOSE ANTLER DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO AGE --; LITERATURE CITED --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487578213; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487578213
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Randolph Peterson.

Out of Siberia, across the narrow Bering Strait, from Alaska down into central North America, following ever widening pockets in the glaciers, came North America’s largest big-game mammal – the moose.The majestic moose is as much a part of the Canadian heritage as the dark spruce forests of the north. The native Indians lived on his flex and wore his skin on their backs; explorers returned home to spread extravagant legends about the great ‘Monster of superfluity’; sportsmen still praise him above all other beasts of the chase.First published in 1955, this is still the most comprehensive work available on the moose. It brings together a detailed review of published literature and results of Dr Peterson’s personal studies in the field and in the laboratory. It has played a part in preventing the possible extinction of this valuable animal and it continues to provide the basis for a sound management programme for its continued conservation.