ABSTRACT: Newfoundland moose (Alces alces americana) increased following 1904, the year of successful introduction, to peak numbers in 1958. The population subsequently decreased to record low numbers by 1973, when an area-quota management system was instituted throughout the island (112,000 [km.sup.2]) in 38 moose management areas, in part, to respond to issues related to habitat and accessibility for hunting. Subsequent quota-management manipulations permitted the island-wide population to increase in accessible areas to record high numbers by 1986, after which populations again ...

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